Media and Sexuality

Catalog description

This course examines the role media play in constructing, disseminating, and influencing images and understandings of sexuality. The course will use media studies research and theory to explore representational practices along with their relationship to industry conventions, media texts, and user engagements. Students will learn the principles of media studies approaches to sexuality studies, particularly as they relate to LGBT Studies and Queer Theory. They will also gain a better understanding of the history of media representations of sexuality and their relationship to particular moments in social, political, cultural, and economic history. Particular attention will be placed on how sexual identities intersect with and shape other categories of identity (including gender, race, ethnicity, class, ability, etc.). Prerequisite: CST 190 or CST 271 or RGS 100 . Offered Occasionally.