English 367CM - Topics in Film Studies: 'Cinematic Masculinities in Contemporary American Film, 1970-present'

Film critics Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott contend that "movies may bemale dominated, but images of men are surprisingly narrow." This course both explores various constructs of postmodern American masculinity as they are portrayed and disseminated through contemporary film, and seeks to understand some of what is at stake (culturally, ideologically, economically) in perpetuating certain cinematic archetypes. Of particular relevance to our investigation are the ways in which film yokes masculinity to race, gender, and class. Films include Full Metal Jacket, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Boyz in the Hood, Paris is Burning, Fight Club, and Moonlight.

Prereq: 8 credits in ENGL or FMT.