60-358 Critical Studies: Queer Film and Media

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This critical studies course centers the study of queer film and media makers from around the world who, since the 1990s, have used film, video and new media as tools of queer worldmaking. For historical contextualization we will consider pre and poststonewall lgbtq representation in North American mainstream media and the development of queer forms and themes by avantgarde and experimental film and videomakers. Through screenings in and outside of class, readings, discussions, written and visual responses, students will explore how cinema can create queer worldliness and how it can disrupt normative ways of being in the world.

Prerequisites: none listed

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