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Course Description

The course will consider how social mores, specifically in regard to sexuality and sexual identity, are reflected, challenged and transformed by film. The role of censorship, voyeurism, and seduction will be considered. As Susan Sontag wrote in a 1991 essay: “…it was from a weekly visit to the cinema that you learned (or tried to learn) how to walk, to smoke, to kiss, to fight, to grieve.” Films on the short list so far include Ida Lupino’s Outrage (1950); Hector Babenco’s Kiss of the Spider Woman (1984); T.G. Alea’s Strawberry and Chocolate (1993) and Kimberley Pierce’s Boys Don’t Cry. (1999)

Notes

Instructor: Alexandra Anderson

Students will be expected to watch the films ahead of class time though segments of the films will be screened in class as well.

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Course Sections
Class Number
6266
Type
SEM
Days
Th
Time
10:00AM to 1:00PM
Dates
Oct 10, 2024 to Oct 31, 2024
Schedule
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Contact Hours
9.0
Location
  • Downtown
Delivery Options
Classroom  
Fees
Domestic Fee non-credit $173.83
Domestic Out of Province Fee non-credit $0.00
International Fee non-credit $0.00