Course Description

At the core of the course is the question how feminism has become a demonized and ridiculed “F-word” in an age when issues of gender and sexuality are at the center of constant, often explosive political debates. These debates often connect media representation and political representation but tend to do so in simplistic ways that bypass or distort decades of sophisticated feminist theory and practice. We will trace back such representations through the decades around case studies that encompass film, video, television and new media practices. The case studies come from the United States and beyond, taking into full account the global interconnectedness of media production and consumption as well as the transnational travel of feminist ideas. The main goal of the course is to evaluate how useful feminist thinking is to understanding the relays between media and political representation; and to develop a lasting critical apparatus to analyzing the politics of gender and sexuality in the media.


Saturday, November 30, 2013

Teaching Project Reading - Women & Nation

Hello everyone!
(This is a re-post with our UPDATED reading, sorry about that other link before!)

For our CTCS 412 Teaching project, our group will be focusing on the representation of Women & Nation in media. We will be exploring major themes such as Women & Nationalism, Women & The Government, as well as Women in the Modern World. 

Here is the reading that we ask for you to read before our presentation on Monday, 12/2/2013. Since there aren't very many short readings that focus on women in media from multiple countries, we wanted you all to please read this article with the focus on the concept of Women & Nationalism (based on the Third Word history background). This reading is about the Feminism & Nationalism in the Third World, particularly focusing on South East Asia. 

Please click on the title link as it will direct you to a academia site. You may experience a pop-up asking if you'd like to download a PDF version of this reading, you may if you wish, but you could also just exit out that screen and there will be a digital online preview as well.

TITLE: "A Great Way to Fly" Nationalism, the State, and the Varieties of Third-World Feminism
AUTHOR: Geraldine Heng
Thank you class! 

Sincerely,
Qui Ha, EunSun, & Ting Ting
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