Topic for Fall 2010: Representing Gender in American Literature and Film. Gender representations in American literature, film, graphic novels—1950's through present. Topics: "Cultures of Consumption," "Class and Social Mobility," "Critique of Gender," "Backlash." Works: "Lolita," "Catcher in the Rye," "Streetcar Named Desire," "Diary of a Teenage Girl," "Paris is Burning."