GEND 4170 - Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture

3 unit(s)

A critical, intersectional examination of how popular culture representations of gender and sexuality reveal, reflect and shape social conditions, society, and lived experiences. Areas of study may include, but are not limited to, television, film, music, advertisements, magazines, fiction, cartoons, graphic novels, video games, newspapers, fashion, sports, the Internet, and social media. Students will expand their knowledge of feminist, queer, masculinity and/or gender theories and will read/view, discuss, and critique both mainstream and alternative media and genres, and become thoughtful consumers of pop culture.

Satisfies G.E. area UD-C and the Multicultural Requirement. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.

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