NEW 271Y: Gender,
Race and Class in Contemporary Popular Culture
Course Description - 2004 - 2005
Teaching Assistant
Wendy Peters, New College Rm. 2024. Tel. 416-978-1858; Fax 416-946-5561.
wpeters@oise.utoronto.ca
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| Lectures |
Mondays 3:00-5:00,
Room 1017, New College |
| Tutorials |
Mondays 2:00-3:00
pm, 5:00-6:00 pm, Rooms 2002 & 2008, New College |
| Office Hours |
Wednesdays 3:00-5:00
pm, Room 224, Innis College |
This course is suitable
for undergraduate Women's Studies students, as well as for students with a
background in Semiotics, Twentieth Century Studies, Cinema Studies, Cultural
Studies and Literary Studies. It may also be of interest to general undergraduate
arts students.
Course Description
An interdisciplinary course examining media, forms of entertainment, and daily
life practices, and focusing on the roles of women and girls as consumers and
producers of the popular culture.
Purpose of the Course
To develop skills in media literacy in relation to representations of race, class
and gender in a variety of popular cultural forms.
Texts to Buy
- Jonathan Bignell, Media Semiotics: an Introduction (Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 2002).
- Fall and Winter Course Readers. Available at Quality Control Copy,
333 Bloor St. W., 416-971-9188.
Method of Evaluation
Participation 15%; 2 Co-Presentations 20%; Fall Essay 15%; Term Test (end of fall
term) 15%; Spring Term Essay 20%; Term Test (spring) 15%.
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