Jan. 20

Course overview and introduction.

Jan. 25

Online: Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema; Better Beauty through Technology.

Jan. 27

CP: (1) Viewing the West through Bollywood.
Suggested Readings on WebCT: "Globalization and Carnival"; "Racializing the Puerto Rican Day Parade."

Feb. 1

CP: (2) The Wedding Industrial Complex.

Feb. 3

CP: (3) Who's a Sissy?

Feb. 8

Video: The Darker Side of Black.
Due: Proposal - choice of Option A or B for media project; Sign up for Website Teams.

Feb. 10

CP: (4) The Identity and Image of Women in Hip-Hop.
Online: Rhyme Pays; From Sweatshop to Hip-Hop.

Feb. 15

Guest Speaker: Meredith Levande: "Women, Pop Music, and Pornography."
Due: Annotated Bibliography.

Feb. 17

CP: (5) Naked Capitalists; (6) Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power.
Online: Meet Bindi.

Feb. 22

holiday - no class.

Feb. 24

CP: (7) Mobile Identities, Digital Stars, and Post-Cinematic Selves.
Website: Grrl Gamer.

Mar. 1

Patchwork Girl.

Mar. 3

Web Design Workshop: Digital Workshop #2 (ground floor, Science Library)

Mar. 8

CP: (8) Latin Women in the Global Information Network.
Website: Mythic Hybrid.

Mar. 10

Video: Performing the Border.
Due: First Draft of E-Journal Submission - Option A.

Mar. 15

CP: (9) Maya Migration to Cancun; (10) On the Beach: Sexism and Tourism.

Mar. 17

Web Design Workshop: Digital Workshop #2 (ground floor, Science Library).
Due: Website Team Proposal.

Mar. 29

Scheherazade Goes West.

Mar. 31

Video: Hollywood Harems.
Due: Second Draft for E-Journal - Option A.

Apr. 5-7

The Bluest Eye.

Apr. 12

Video: A Question of Color.
Due: Review Essay (Option B).

Apr. 14

CP: (11) World Piece: What the Miss World Pageant Can Teach about Globalization.

Apr. 19

Video: Miss America.
Due: Website Text Version.

Apr. 21

Body Outlaws - foreword; introduction; 196-200.

Apr. 26

Body Outlaws - pp. 14-31; 62-67; 78-95; 144-51; 188-95; 232-41.
Due: Third and Final Draft for Option A (if accepted for publication).

Apr. 28

Guest Speaker: Praba Pilar - "Computers are a Girl's Best Friend."

May 3

Video: The Body Beautiful.

May 4

All Day Web Design Workshop (10:30 am-5 pm).
Due May 9, 4 pm in SS 341: Website (on CD/disk).