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Lecturer(s)
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Demeter Peter, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Initial history. Important concepts relevant to the interpretation of pop culture in the context of postmodernity 2. Gender studies, intersectionality and their use in the interpretation of pop culture 3. The performativity of gender (Wolfgang Iser - Judith Butler) 4. Woman as decoration - basic archetypes of femininity in popular culture 5. Man as active subject - basic archetypes of masculinity in popular culture 6. The intersection of gender roles (Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové..., Pane, vy jste vdova!) 7. Queer theory and popular culture (Querelle) 8. Queering and the reception of pop culture (Eurovision Song Contest) 9. Drag queen or transgender? (RuPaul's Drag Race) 10. Breaking out of gender stereotyping or perpetuating it? (Bridgerton) 11. Genre differences in pop culture representation? (The specificity of computer game narratives - Mass Effect, Cyberpunk 2077) 12. Test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on different perspectives on popular culture from the perspective of gender studies, queer theory or intersectionality. Through culturally guided readings of selected works of popular culture, it demonstrates the various representational strategies that have emerged in popular culture with respect to gender or queer issues (including, for example, issues of representation of transgender individuals) and traces their transformations over the course of the 20th century with overlap into the present. Attention will be paid to both Czech and international popular culture.
The student will gain a basic insight into the interpretation of gender roles, their stereotyping, as well as intersections and transgressions in popular culture.
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Prerequisites
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The course assumes knowledge of English (comprehension of texts).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Test
Active participation, preparation of assigned tasks (reading an article or literary text, watching a film, etc.).
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Recommended literature
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BUTLER, Judith. Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. London, 1999.
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CRENSHAW, Kimberle. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. Chicago, 1989.
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FOUCAULT, Michel. Diskurs, autor, genealogie. Praha, 1994.
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HORN, Katrin. Women, Camp, and Popular Culture. Cham, 2017.
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ISER, Wolfgang. Representation: A Performative Act. In: KRIEGER, Murray, ed. The Aims of Representation: Subject, Text, History. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1993.
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MEYER, Moe. An Archeology of Posing. Essays on Camp, Drag, and Sexuality. 2010.
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MILESTONE, Katie; MEYER, Anneke. Gender and Popular Culture. Cambridge, 2021.
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WARNER, Michael. Fear of a Queer Planet. Social Text. 1991.
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