Queering Visual Culture

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: ARTH/MUSE 2101; ARTH/MUSE 2111; or permission of the Department This course uses the theoretical notion of 'queering' to challenge, reject, disrupt, and destabilize normative visual representations in visual culture. To queer visual culture is to question the way visual representations are created and presented to audiences, challenge why certain images are deemed legible and authentic, and recenter marginalized perspectives. Drawing on various visual cultural practices, including film and TV, video games, fandom and art histories, this course examines how visual cultures and practices can and should be queered. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed with ARTH 4331 and may therefore count as three credits in either discipline.] (Format: Seminar 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ARTH 3991 Queering Visual Culture)