WSS 281 ( 6186) / LCS 289 ( 8365): WOMEN AND THE MEDIA
Instructor: Janell Hobson, Ph.D.
Office: Social Science 344
Meeting Time: Tuesdays/Thursdays 1:15-2:35 pm
Place: Humanities 124

Course Description:
This interdisciplinary course will examine how intersections of race, gender, class, nationality, sexuality, age, and (dis)ability shape representations of women in mass media and popular culture. We will especially place emphasis this semester on representations of women of color - Africana, Latina/Chicana, Asian/American, Arab/American, Native/American, etc. - and explore local and global popular arenas in which they appear, including hip-hop and reggae cultures, cinema, TV, and the Internet. We will also develop a global feminist media analysis, leading us to consider possible means of creative resistance against sexual and racial objectification and development of a feminist community media.

Course Goals and Learning Outcomes:
This course will parallel departmental goals and objectives in that students will:
1. dismantle intersecting ideologies of racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, ableism, etc.
2. conceptualize social justice beyond gender equity and towards community and human dignity.
3. fully participate in the teaching process as active learners, peer educators, and public scholars.
4. apply scholarship in the classroom to activism beyond these walls.

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