Girls On Film: Cultural Studies in Third Wave Feminism

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"G-g-g-g-g-get Over It:” Dealing With Relationship Disappointment in Jonathan Kahn’s Girl
Anonymous

Straight Camp: Heteronormative Appropriation in But I’m a Cheerleader
Caitlin Delohery

Lost in a Dream - Reconciling Hope with Reality in Mulholland Drive
Candace Frazier

Tank Girl = Riot Grrl? Explorations of Tank Girl as Third Wave Feminism and Punk Grrl Culture
Julie Gardner

Seeing Red: Riding Hood Gets Angry in Freeway
Anna Gumport

Charlie’s Angels vs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jenny Herbert

The Wright Kind of Woman: An Analysis of the Character of Monica Wright in Love and Basketball and her Portrayal of African American Womanhood in Mainstream Cinema
Indhika Jayaratnam

Be Angry! Fight Back! (But don't really...):The Contained Reality of Jim McKay's Girls Town
Ara Kim

Multicultural Utopia or White Girl Power? Race, Revenge, and Consequence in Jim McKay's Girls Town
Meredith King

The Time of Your Life: Border-crossing in Dirty Dancing
Lisa Mendelman

A Cinderella Story, Still a Tale of Male Hegemony
Stephanie Myers

Performing the Sexual Heroine: The Costs and Pleasures of the Little Mermaid
Elizabeth Ridgeway

Clueless vs. Kids
Micha Rinkus

A New Rebel-Alliance: Agency, Cooperation and Coalition among Star Wars Cyberchicks
Carly Schuster

Titles not published on this site
Penetration, Power and a World of Possibilities in Being John Malkovich

Student Quotes
Quotes from the Class Discussion Forum
“I feel like this course filled a void in my academic life – it’s the first class I think I’ve ever taken that was about a subject that I’m really interested in. I feel like I’ve gained a new lens through which I can view the world. I mean, I didn’t even have a clue what postmodernism was before this class. ok, maybe I still am not too clear, but at least I’ve been exposed to some of the theories that form the basis of modern critical film/media analysis, and now I can use phrases like ‘postmodern media practices’ ‘male gaze’ and ‘performing gender’ to confuse all my friends.”
- aileencf

 


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