ENG 382. Race, Class and Gender in Film

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 011221 Grading Basis GRD

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.