Gender, Sexuality, and Cinema

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This course examines how American movies’ representations of gender and sexuality have been used to both construct and subvert cultural mores. We will consider how queer, trans, and feminist perspectives have rethought cinematic language and challenged societal attitudes through storytelling. From "coded" sexual references in classical films, to New Hollywood-era films, to today's thriving independent cinema, this representational genealogy includes both condescending myth and bold truth-telling.