Two topics are offered Fall 2013. Students may take one or both for credit. Topic for Sections A1 and B1: Women and Comedy. From Mae West and 1930s screwball comediennes to Tina Fey and female stand-up comics today, the course explores funny women, women's humor, what women find funny, and how women use humor as a tool for survival, resistance, and subversion. Topic for Section C1: Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Film. A study of Middle Eastern representations of the controversies, trade-offs and dilemmas surrounding the impact of globalization on men and women, through Egyptian, Iranian, and Turkish film and literature. Also offered as CAS XL 382.