| UNIT ONE: MYTHICAL NORMS & CONSTRUCTIONS OF “DIFFERENCE” |
| Jan. 24 |
Course overview and introduction. | Video: Lip. |
| Jan. 26 |
CP: (1) Coloured White, Not Coloured. |
| Jan. 31 |
CP: (2) Brain, Brow, and Booty; (3) Xuxa! |
Feb. 2
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CP: (4) Gender and Culture of Empire. | Video: Hollywood Harems.
Due: Proposal; Feminist Community Media Sign-Up |
| Feb. 7 |
Practices of Looking: chapters 1-3. |
| Feb. 9 |
Video: The Celluloid Closet. |
| Feb. 14 |
CP: (5) Who's a Sissy? |
| Feb. 16 |
Web Design: Introduction to Dreamweaver (Digital Workshop 1) | Due: Annotated Bibliography. |
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UNIT TWO: COMMODITY FETISHISM & BODY POLITICS |
| Feb. 28 |
Practices of Looking : chapter 6. | CP: (6) Naked Capitalists. | Website: Adbusters. |
| Mar. 2 |
Media workshop: Introduction to Photoshop (Digital Workshop 1). |
| Mar. 7 |
Due: Media Watch Collection. |
| Mar. 9 |
Video: Performing the Border. |
| Mar. 14 |
CP: (7) Latin Women in the Global Information Network. | Paradigms and Perversions; Mythic Hybrid. |
| Mar. 16 |
Video: The Darker Side of Black . | Due: Media Education Workshop Proposal. |
Mar. 21
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CP: (8) The Identity and Image of Women in Hip-Hop; (9) Racializing the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
From Sweatshop to Hip-Hop. |
Mar. 23
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CP: (10) The Butt; (11) My Jewish Nose; (12) Finding My Eye-dentity.
Video: Hair Piece. | Back to Top |
UNIT THREE: BEAUTY & THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE |
| Mar. 28 |
Video: Miss America. | Due: Media Project: Option A. |
| Mar. 30 |
CP: (13) What the Miss World Pageant Can Teach about Globalization. |
Apr. 4
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CP: (14) Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory. | Video: The Body Beautiful.
Due: Film Festival Program (Film Festival Group)/ Conference Program. |
| Apr. 6 |
Course Exam. |
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| UNIT FOUR: WORLD VIEWS & CULTURE WARS |
Apr. 18
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Practices of Looking : chapters 4-5, 7, 9.
Website: Breakthrough. | Machinima: The French Democracy. | Film Festival Begins (See Schedule)
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| Apr. 20 |
Video: In Whose Honor? | Due: Feminist Community Media Program. |
| Apr. 25 |
Video: Color Adjustment. |
| Apr. 27 |
CP: (15) White Flight. |
Due May 1 (E-Journal Revisions Deadline) in transcending silence… mailbox or my mailbox (if manuscript was not accepted) both in SS 341, 4 pm : Media Project Final Draft (Option A). Back to Top
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| UNIT FIVE: TAKE BACK THE MEDIA |
| May 2 -9 |
Feminist Community Media Events (See Schedule) |
| May 9 |
Due: Assignment Checklist & Self-Evaluation. |
| May 11 |
Due: Class E-News. |
| May 15 |
Due: Annotated Bibliography - Option B (4 pm in my mailbox or office). |
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