GENDER ON SCREEN
MST4WIM
Not currently offered
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject students are presented with an opportunity to explore and critically analyse the representation of sex and gender in popular international screen media. Throughout the semester students concentrate on the traditional and contemporary feminist and gender based theories that continue to inform contemporary discourses on the role of women and men in film, television and the internet. Topics under consideration include: the grotesque, pregnancy and couvade, masquerade, bodily re-shapings, and eroticism. Workshops and assignments focus on the development of research, writing, critical thinking and discussion. Emphasis is placed on active participation and constructive debate in workshops
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Terrie Waddell
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in one of AHA-Bachelor of Arts Honours, AHMS-Bachelor Media Studies Honours or AHJ-Bachelor of Journalism Honours degree.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: MST5WIM
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Cultures of masculinity, | Recommended | Edwards, T. | ROUTLEDGE 2006 |
| Readings | Gender and the Media | Recommended | Gill R 2007 | POLITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, LONDON |
| Readings | Womenvision: women and the moving image in Australia, | Recommended | French, L. (ed.) | DAMNED PUBLISHING 2003 |