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FILM 381 Fan Studies Units: 3.00
This course examines the relationship between popular cultures (such as films, television shows, games, bands, comics, etc.) and respective fan communities. Students will investigate the historical and ongoing formulations of fans within physical and online spaces, as well as accompanying scholarship that forwards the social, cultural, and political importance of these communities.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 30 Group Learning, 30 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan) or (FILM 236/3.0 or FILM 240/3.0 or FILM 260/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze and deconstruct the ways in which spectatorship is shaped by the material conditions of production and reception as well as the intersections of gender, race, class, and ability.
- Implement methods of analysis learned through scholarly readings and critical and creative responses.
- Participate in critical debates about how audiences gaze, witness, consume, and participate in live and mediated events.
- Understand methods and modes of spectatorship.