Overview
Description
In this class we will both review important moments in feminist film theory—moving beyond the male gaze (enough already!) to consider what it means to watch, critique, and create films as a feminist—as well as important moments in feminist filmmaking. We will organize our approach to our films and readings through key feminist research methods, key feminist questions, feminist feelings (Anger! Desire! Boredom!), and feminist genre revisions.
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Learning Outcomes
- articulate ways in which feminist film and film theory has addressed the intersection of social identities such as race, sexuality, class, and gender.
- identify and summarize current scholarly conversations within feminist film studies and use them to critically examine a film of the student’s choosing.
- conduct close readings of film form and style (cinematography, editing, mise-en-scène, sound, narrative structure) in order to analyze how films reinforce, complicate, or resist dominant ideologies.
- synthesize current scholarly conversations in feminist film theory and make an argumentative contribution to the field.