Advanced Seminar in Film & Video (443-0-21)

Topic

Race, Performance & Media

Instructors

Miriam Petty

Joshua Chambers-Letson

Meeting Info

AM Swift Krause Studio 103: Tues 2:00PM - 5:00PM

Overview of class

Recognizing that media and performance—medium and the body—play related but divergent role in the making and unmaking of race, this course draws media studies and performance studies together to engage emergent and enduring texts relevant to issues of race, performance, and media from a variety of disciplines, eras, approaches, and schools of thought. We engage with film, video, new media, performance art, television, popular musical performance and the music video, as well as criticism and theory from Black studies, Asian American studies, and Latinx studies, with particular emphasis on Black feminisms and queer of color critique.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the class, students should have built upon their knowledge of key texts from media and performance studies. They should be better prepared to place themselves and their scholarship in terms of these disciplines, and in terms of the relevant subfields that the course centers.

Class Materials (Required)

All essays, articles, and videos will be made available on Canvas; any required books will be made available to students who need them.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: REASON: Pre-registration is not allowed for this class. Please try again during regular registration.