Women's Studies M 149 - Media:Gender,Race,Class,and Sexuality

Institution:

University of California-Los Angeles

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Description:

Lecture, four hours; activity, one hour. Limited to junior/ senior Communication Studies and Women's Studies majors. Examination of manner in which media culture induces people to perceive various dominant and dominated and/or colonized groups of people. Ways in which women, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, racial, and ethnic marginalized peoples, class relations, and other subaltern or subordinated groups are presented and often misrepresented in media. Investigation and employment of practical applications of communications and feminist theories for understanding ideological nature of stereotyping and politics of representation through use of media, guest presentations, lectures, class discussions, and readings. Introduction to theory and practice of cultural studies. Letter grading.

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

Phone Number:

(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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