WGS-22603 credit hours

Girls, Women and Popular Culture

Women's and Gender Studies · 1.5 hrs Lecture | 1.5 hrs Seminar/Discussion

Offered: Fall and Winter Both

No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.

WGS-2260 prerequisites

Taking WGS-2260 is a prerequisite for 1 course directly.

Description

This course examines how diverse constructions of girls and women are represented and presented in media and popular culture. Using intersectional feminist, queer, trans, anti-colonial, critical race, cultural, and/or girlhood studies theories, we consider how social, economic, cultural, and political conditions influence representation. We focus on North American experiences, including diasporas, examining gender, race, class, age, sexuality, ethnicity, Indigeneity, nationality, ability, and/or other sociocultural locations. Areas considered may include embodiments, justice, wonder, sites of resistance, subversive or oppositional readings, and the power of narrative.

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