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.

The goal of this class is to teach critical analysis of media, culture and identity. Drawing on Birmingham Cultural Studies circuit of culture approach and Race and Postcolonial Feminist theories, students will learn to analyze media meanings and systems of representations that construct national and transnational cultural belonging and exclusion. The key question for this course is, “What is the role of the media in establishing and challenging gendered and racial ideologies in society?” We will interrogate racial representations and stereotypes of Black, Latinx and Asian American minority communities in three media industries: music, television soaps, and films. Our aim is to gain a deep understanding of gender and transnational media in the context of globalization by focusing on three examples: Hip hop and Beyoncé; K-pop and K-drama (Korean wave); and Latin American telenovelas.

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