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READINGS: All readings will be made available as electronic resources and reserve readings.
Week 1:
Power, Privilege and Discrimination
Cultural Studies and Representation
Kellner, Douglas. “Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture.”
Ghosh, Sanjukta. “‘Confusing’ Exotica: Producing India in U.S. Advertising.”
Week 2:
Semiotics: Popular Culture and Critical Media Literacy
Ideology and Hegemony
Hall, Stuart. “The Whites of Their Eyes: Racist Ideologies and the Media.”
Lull, James. “Hegemony.”
Week 3:
Stereotypes and the Active Audience
Political Economy and Consumer Culture
Radway, Janice A. “Women Read the Romance: The Interaction of Text and Context.”
Pietersem, Jan Nederveen. “White Negroes.”
Croteau, David and Hoynes, William. “The New Media Giants: Changing Industry Structure.”
Jhally, Sut. “Image-Based Culture: Advertising and Popular Culture.”
Week 4:
Gender Construction and Performance
Kilbourne, Jean. “The More You Subtract, the More You Add: Cutting Girls Down to Size.”
Crane, Diana. “Gender and Hegemony in Fashion Magazines: Women’s Interpretations of Fashion
Rogers, Deborah D. “Daze of Our Lives: The Soap Opera as Feminine Text.”
Steinem, Gloria. “Sex, Lies and Advertising.”
Week 5:
Constructing Masculinity
Katz, Jackson. “Advertising and the Construction of Violent White Masculinity: From Eminem to Clinique for Men.”
Locke, Brian. “Here Comes the Judge: The Dancing Itos and the Televisual Construction of the Enemy Asian Male.”
Dines, Gail. “King Kong and the White Woman: Huster Magazine and the Demonization of Black Masculinity.”
Week 6:
Feminist Media Activism
Zook, Kristal Brent. “Living Single and ‘The Fight for Mr. Right’: Latifah Don’t Play.”
Mulvey, Laura. "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema".
Week 7&8:
The Social Construction of Race
Discourses of Race
Zook, Kristal Brent. “The Fox Network and the Revolution in Black Television.
Coleman, Robin R. Means. “Black Sitcom Portrayals.”
Sun, Chyng Feng. “Ling Woo in Historical Context: The New Face of Asian American Stereotypes on Television.” Bogle, Donald. “Workplace Dramas, Ensemble Casts, 1990s Style.
Week 9:
Race, Gender and Consumerism in Children’s Media
Seiter, Ellen. "Lay Theories of Media Effects: Power Rangers at Pre-School."
Giroux, Henry A. “Kids for Sale: Corporate Culture and the Challenge of Public Schooling.”
Orenstein, Peggy, “What’s Wrong With Cinderella?”
Week 10:
Rock, Hip-Hop, Race, Gender and Sexuality
Perry, Imani. “Who(se) Am I?: Identity and Image of Women in Hip-Hop.”
Rose, Tricia. “Hidden Politics: Discursive and Institutional Policing of Rap Music.”
+ including Dyer, “In Defense of Disco” + Frith, “Rock and Sexuality” + Frere-Jones from The New Yorker
Week 11:
Gay, Lesbian and Queer Representation in Film: A Historical Perspective
Hart, Kylo-Patrick R. “Representing Gay Men on American Television.”.
Raymond, Diane. “Popular Culture and Queer Representation: A Critical Perspective.”
Week 12:
Queer Television
Hubert, Susan J. “What’s Wrong With This Picture: The Politics of Ellen’s Coming Out Party.”
Gamson, Joshua. “Sitting Ducks and Forbidden Fruits.”
Fejes, Fred. “Advertising and the Political Economy of Lesbian/Gay Identity.”
Griffin, Sean. “ ‘You’ve Never Had a Friend Like Me’: Target Marketing Disney to a Gay Community.”
Week 13:
Race, Gender and Sexuality in Digital Media Contexts
Readings TBA
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HONORS SECTION WILL REQUIRE EXTRA READINGS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONGER WRITTEN PROJECT. STUDENTS WILL MEET WITH PROFESSOR REGULARLY TO DISCUSS THEIR ON-GOING WORK