Race, Class and Gender in Film

Catalog description

This course explores specific topics within the study of race, class, gender and their intersections in national and/or global cinemas. The course uses key films and readings to introduce students to interrogate key historical and theoretical issues informing cinematic constructions of race, class and/or gender. The course will familiarize students with evolving discourses of racial, class and sexual identities in national and/or global cinemas, with a particular focus on the ways in which specific films and media industries reinforce and/or challenge dominant discourses on race, class and gender identity.