Summer 2024 - GSWS 205 D100
Gender and Popular Culture (3)
Class Number: 3149
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Fri, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Aug 7, 2024
Wed, 11:59–11:59 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Michelle Walks
mwalks@sfu.ca
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A study of women's place in society as revealed through the analysis of a variety of media. Students who have completed WS 205 may not complete this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course focuses mostly on women, and their engagement with, representation within, and consumption of popular culture. Course content will concentrate mainly on mass media, as it both represents and influences popular culture. Media of interest will include TV, film, music, comics, social media, and selfies. Students will consider agency, commodification, symbolic annihilation, framing, representation, consumption, realism, content, and profit. Students will be encouraged to reflect their own engagement with popular culture and mass media, consider how power relates to representation, and examine how subaltern populations engage with and use mass media for their own agendas.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/undergraduate/courses/Educational_Goals.html
Grading
- Participation 10%
- Discussion Questions (Canvas) 24%
- Comics or Selfie Project 16%
- Midterm 20%
- Final 30%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Nicholson, Hope (Editor). 2021. Moonshot: The Indigenous Collection. Vol.2. Inhabit Education Books, Inc.
All other readings (articles, chapters) and videos for this course are available online, either through the SFU library or links provided on Canvas.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.