Girls, Women and Popular Culture

3 credits · Undergraduate

(1.5 hrs Lecture | 1.5 hrs Seminar/Discussion) 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.