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  • WAGS 1009: Representations of Gender and Race in Mass Media

    3.00 Credits
    Middlebury College

    Media are one of our primary sources of images of people, places and things we do not encounter ourselves in our everyday lives. Though these images give us a sense of familiarity with these people, places and things, they also serve to construct an "Us" vs. "Others" mentality. In this course we will examine images of women and minorities -- groups that have been on the fringes of policy development and yet at the center of fictions created by mainstream media. We will look at the symbolic and social power of commercial media's role in constructing social and cultural differences around gender and sexuality. SOC ( S. Ghosh, a visiting winter term instructor) Sanjukta Ghosh teaches Cultural Studies and Women's Studies at Castleton State College. Two of her forthcoming publications are: an essay on Indian feminist activists in a "Women in World History" book, and a critique of the way Western feminists deployed the iconic image of the "burqa" in aiding the Bush administration's "War on Terror" in a book on "September 11th and Popular Culture.
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  • WAGS 1012: Writing Lives:Autobiographical Narratives by American Women

    3.00 Credits
    Middlebury College

    In this course we will explore American women's autobiographical writing including narratives by immigrants, activists, literary figures, and "ordinary" women, as well as a fictional autobiography and literary criticism. What are the ways in which women have chosen to represent themselves and their lives What have they hoped to achieve by writing their life stories How do they infuse their own personal stories with social meaning Through our readings and discussion, we will examine the constructed nature of autobiographical writing, its formal elements and political uses, and the narrative of women's history as a history of progre ss. LIT N OR (W. Teachout, a visiting winter term instructoLimit on Enrollment: 12 Woden Teachout holds a Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. She has taught at Harvard University and other colleges, and currently teaches in the M.A. program at Union Institute and University.
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