3.00 Credits
This course proposes to introduce and explore the topic of masculinity as a subject for critical study. In the course, students will read about and discuss how masculinities are constructed, presented and reproduced in media and popular culture. This course is meant for and open to everyone interested in taking a critical approach to the study of gender in societies, with specific focus on how (especially american) masculinities shape and are shaped by identity, culture, media, war, politics and economics.