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Gender & Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
MoWe noon – 1:45p.m.		 University Hall Y04-4110 3 $2065 (guest students)
Date
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
Time
MoWe noon – 1:45p.m.
Location
University Hall Y04-4110
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2065 (guest students)

Description

This course is designed to encourage multidisciplinary analysis of gender, cultural representations, and film in the 20th and early 21st century. Among the topics that students will explore are: ethnographic film and gendered practices in ethnographic filmmaking; how ideologies of gender, "race," and class are constructed, disseminated, and normalized through film (documentary as well as "popular" film); Indigenous women and filmmaking in North America; femininities, masculinities, and power in the "horror film" genre; human rights film and filmmaking as activism. Students will view films made in diverse locations and reflecting multiple historical, political, and cultural perspectives and will explore the intellectual, political and social significance of film in their own lives.

Guest registration opens January 12

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/26/2026 - 5/13/2026

Location

University Hall Y04-4110

General Ed Requirements

World Cultures

Enrolled / Capacity

20 / 25

Status

Closed

Instructor

Carney Maley

Tuition*

$2065 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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