ARTH 212(S) Race, Sexuality, and Cinema (Same as Africana Studies 212)*

An interrogation into the nexus of race, sexuality, and cinema, this course begins with a consideration of how cinema has constructed normative understandings of race and sexuality before moving into an interrogation of non-normative racialized and sexualized visual images. Students are expected to be open to and comfortable with discussing and analyzing a range of representations of race and sexuality, including those presenting heterosexuality, homosexuality, and their variations. One of the primary goals of this course is to provide tools and strategies that encourage and support students' on-going critical engagements with contemporary media culture's images of race and sexuality.
Format: seminar/discussion. Requirements: attendance and participation, completing weekly readings and screenings outside of class, maintaining a screening log, brief response assignments, mid-term essay (7-10 pages), final essay (10 pages).
No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 20 ( expected: 20).

Hour: KEELING