WGS 345 - Queer Cinema

What does mean to “queer” a film? How have LGBTQ+ artists created space for themselves in Hollywood? The seminar will focus on queer cinema, with the goal of exploring how US film shapes perceptions of sexual and gendered identities (particularly at the intersection with other forms of difference including race, class, region, and disability). The class will be organized chronologically, moving from classical Hollywood cinema through queer representation in a post-marriage equality world. Queer theory, critical race theory, and feminist readings will be interwoven through the course, and texts examined will range from Paris is Burning to Moonlight.

Credits 4

Notes
Cross listed with FNMS 345 Queer Cinema .

New course

Area
Humanities

Division
Arts and Humanities

Compass Attributes
Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars