FNMS 243 - Race, Gender and Television

How has television dealt with race, gender, and other forms of difference? How have marginalized artists created space for themselves in the TV industry? This seminar will explore how four groups—African Americans, LGBTQ+ populations, women, and those with disabilities—have shaped, and were shaped by, TV history. In addition to studying televisual representation, students will explore how industrial shifts (ex. the demographics of writers’ rooms) and audience practices (ex. binge-watching), affect what we see on TV and who gets the power to make it.

Credits 4

Area
Humanities

Division
Arts and Humanities

Compass Attributes
Humanities, Structures of Power and Inequality, Taylor and Lane