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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. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof Barbara Creed |
Prerequisites | Usually 12.5 points of First Year Cinema Studies, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 2 (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. On completion of the subject students should recognize the major themes and methods in the study of the representation of women in classic Hollywood narrative cinema and television; understand the major methods in the study of the position of the female spectator; analyze the differences in the systems of representation of women in classic Hollywood, European and feminist cinemas, both independent and mainstream. |
Assessment | A classpaper, an essay and a take-home examination totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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