Spring 2025
MEDIAST 190 002 - LEC 002
Formerly Mass Communications 190
Special Topics in Media Studies
Beauty, Fashion, and Media Globalization
Meeta Rani Rani JHA
Class #:31856
Units:4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
3
Enrolled: 45
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 48
Waitlist Max: 14
Open Reserved Seats:
2 reserved for Media Studies Majors
3 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
Hours & Workload
2 to 4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials, and 6 to 8 hours of outside work hours.
Final Exam
MON, MAY 12TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
Dwinelle 182
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Course Catalog Description
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.
Class Description
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.
Class Notes
- During Phase I, most seats will be saved for declared Media Studies students only. Other interested students may place themselves on the waitlist. Remaining reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment.
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be rele.. show more
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be rele.. show more
- During Phase I, most seats will be saved for declared Media Studies students only. Other interested students may place themselves on the waitlist. Remaining reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment.
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be released much closer to the start of class instruction.
- Freshmen are not permitted to enroll in this course.
For more information on the enrollment process for this course, please visit https://mediastudies.ugis.berkeley.edu/course-enrollment-information/
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For Media Studies majors, this course fulfills the GCS.3 Popular Culture elective. show less
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be released much closer to the start of class instruction.
- Freshmen are not permitted to enroll in this course.
For more information on the enrollment process for this course, please visit https://mediastudies.ugis.berkeley.edu/course-enrollment-information/
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For Media Studies majors, this course fulfills the GCS.3 Popular Culture elective. show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
Terms in Attendance:
Undergraduate Classifications Information
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None