SRF 215Sexuality and Popular Culture

Students will examine and explore how sex and sexualities are depicted in, shaped by, and contested in popular culture. Students will be introduced to theories in the study of popular culture and sexualities through a range of historical and contemporary texts and practices. Students will be encouraged to recognize and critically reflect on the extent to which human sexualities are complex, intersectional, and multidimensional domains of everyday life as they appear in popular culture forms and how the limits of those forms may shape social understanding of human sexuality.