Communication 497DV - ST-Divrsty&Inclusion/Hollywood

Hollywood. It's a word, an image, a place, and a business. Given popular discourses about Hollywood that imagine film and television industries as confronted with a "diversity problem" to solve, this course offers a critical awareness around notions of inclusivity and progress in screen media. In recent years, women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people have achieved remarkable access, overcoming historical barriers to participation as cultural producers, however those barriers are structural, and it remains unclear whether lasting change is sustainable. This course offers the details and narratives of that progress, but also examines the communities and practices in which they are embedded, allowing for rich nuance in what everyday resistance and transformation looks like.

Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only.