Normally open only to Media Studies majors who have already completed 12 units of upper division work in the major. Advanced study in Media Studies with topics to be announced each semester.

This course takes an intersectional feminist approach to examine beauty and fashion in global popular consumer culture. Beauty cultures integrate local, national, and global characteristics derived from beauty pageants, the fashion industry, advertising, music videos, and films. Students will develop a complex understanding of gender and feminine identity formation in the context of globalization. This course examines the global beauty and fashion industry with a particular focus on the beauty pageant, skin lightening, and cosmetic surgery, by focusing on case studies in China, India, and the United States. Group discussions, debates, and writing assignments will supplement class lectures to develop knowledge of the social construction of gender, race, body, and cultural nationalism.

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