Gender, Sexuality, and the Arts: Critical Feminist Readings
WMST 2400
3 hours
Gender, Sexuality, and the Arts: Critical Feminist Readings
Course Description
Students will examine a diverse selection of literary texts, memoirs, multimedia, arts, music, and performance to interpret and analyze representations of gender, sexuality, and race. Students will strengthen their understanding of artistic expression from an intersectional perspective. Topics include feminist critical thinking, media literacy, and interpretation of art and text.
Athena Title
Gender Sexuality and the Arts
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in WMST 2400H
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will understand how to articulate the significance of gender, sexuality, and race in selected course texts.
By the end of this course, students will understand how to deconstruct and critique representation related to gender, sexuality, and race in the media.
By the end of this course, students will understand how to analyze written, artistic, and multimedia texts from an intersectional feminist perspective.
By the end of this course, students will understand how to design a multi-media project focusing on gender, sexuality, and the arts using an intersectional feminist lens.
Topical Outline
Introduction and course overview
Analysis of gender, sexuality, and race in arts, literature, multimedia, and performance
What is critical feminist reading?
Media literacy and interpretation
Reading difficult art, text, and performance: How and why to do it
