ARTH3710-01.Visual Constructions of Gender.J17.Paulk,Ann Bronwyn

Goals: This interdisciplinary themed course focuses on visual images of gender in modern and contemporary western culture. From the Fallen Woman to the Queer Eye , our understanding of masculinity(ies) and femininity(ies) has been determined in part by the visual images we encounter in the media and the art world; these images reflect societal imperatives and anxieties regarding sex and gender relations, and simultaneously help to construct our ideas about them. Content: Explores such questions as: To what degree are these images artificially constructed and to what purposes? How do such constructions cross national/international borders? How do they relate to verbal and literary constructions of the period? Also explores literary and theoretical writings, and images from both art and the media. Taught: Alternate years Prerequisites: ARTH 1200 and ARTH 1210 Credits: