WMST 123: Transnational Feminist Film and Media

2009-10 2010-11 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2012-13 → 2012-13 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours

Catalog page 426

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Covers contemporary women’s and feminist film and media productions. Connects the forces of globaliza- tion and militarization with gender-related experiences of displacement, migration, immigration, diaspora, trafficking, and refugee status. Focuses on innovative uses of visual language signaling changes in notions of nation, identity, class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Cross-listed with CPLT 123. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.