WGST 3090 - Queer Film

Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: WGST 2050 or WGST 2060 or ENGL 2070 or SOC 1010
Description: Analyzes the representation of LGBTQ characters in film, as well as the work of queer directors and the development of a distinctive queer film canon. Considers queer cinema’s complex relationship to audience and double audiences, the reinvention of traditional cinematic genres (such as romantic comedy, melodrama, horror), and the depiction of how sexuality intersects with race and class.