WMST 300: Current Issues in Women and Gender Studies

WMST 300-B01: Masculinity in Media Lit
(Summer 2016)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM MW

West Building 1007

Section Information for Summer 2016

This course will interrogate the representation of masculinity in literature and the media from 1950 until today. Masculinity is often a taboo subject because within a patriarchal system, men have privilege and do not want this privilege interrogated. Furthermore, we do not want to critically look at how society represents men in the media and through fiction and these tropes maintain these systems of oppression. This course will engage students in critical discussions about representation of masculinity within film, television, literature, video games, advertising, and music. At the end of the course students will be able to 

  • Learn the relevance of discussing masculinity within the field of women and gender studies. 
  • Develop a basic knowledge of masculinity theory and how it relates to literature and media representation. 
  • Learn to look at masculinity through an intersectional lens. In this course, we will discuss masculinity in relation to race, gender, class, sexuality, disability, and religion.  
  • Develop critical analysis skills in reading literature and media texts and develop original research questions around these texts. 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 1-6

Study of selected topics central to contemporary women and gender studies. Topics vary but include subjects such as women and violence, women and international development, women's myth and ritual, LGBTQ topics, the history and politics of sexuality, psychoanalysis, and religion. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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