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 107-079 Feminist Film and Television Theory

Note

Formerly available as 111-253/353. Students who have completed 111-253/353 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Barbara Creed

Prerequisites

Usually 12.5 points of first year Cinema Studies see Prerequisites

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture, a 1-hour tutorial, and a 2-hour screening per week

Subject Description

This subject will explore the representation of women and men in popular Hollywood film, television and alternative films directed by women. Topics studied will include: stereotyping, sexual difference, spectatorship, the erotic, pornography, soap operas, queer sexuality and political film-making.

Assessment

Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home exams totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

  • D Pribram, Female Spectators: Looking at Film and Television. Verso 1988.


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