CULTURE GENDER MEDIA

Obiettivi formativi

The Course Culture Gender Media is aimed at: 1. making students aware of the significance of gender issues in historical and contemporary societies 2. making students aware of the influence of cultures and media in gender expressions and expectations 3. making students able to recognize gender-based and intersectional biases and discriminations – connected to ethnicity, class, age, the body, and so forth – in their own experiences and their social surroundings 4. making students conscious of the situated and relative nature of their own knowledge and experiences in analysing gender issues 5. helping students develop gender sensitive language and expression 6. giving students tools to develop their academic writing

Canale 1
ANNA MARI ALMILA Scheda docente

Programmi - Frequenza - Esami

Programma
Topics include: What is ‘culture’? / Central gender theories – from ‘patriarchy’ to ‘intersectionality’ / Media and power / Media and emotions / Visual communication / Gaze and power / Performativity: doing gender / Gender, gift, and emotional labour / The finve sexes / Masculinities / Queerness / Trans and non-binary genders / The body and gender / Hair and skin / Body size / Age and gender / Cultural appropriation / Colonialism, language, and resistance / Culture and globalization
Prerequisiti
None; the course is open for all students.
Testi di riferimento
Material provided by the teacher. All material is shared through a relevant Moodle platform, where students are required to enrol. Enrolment instructions are provided during the first lectures.
Frequenza
2 weekly lectures and related individual/group tasks.
Modalità di esame
Students are required to write a 1500-word academic essay according to teacher’s instructions.
Modalità di erogazione
2 weekly lectures and related individual/group tasks. Students are expected to read short, allocated texts, and conduct small analytical tasks. Each session is focussed on a specific theme.
  • Codice insegnamento10599976
  • Anno accademico2025/2026
  • CorsoGlobal Humanities - Studi umanistici globali
  • CurriculumCurriculum unico
  • Anno1º anno
  • Semestre2º semestre
  • SSDSPS/08
  • CFU6