Undergrad Pre-req FT 303 The men who crafted television--mostly broadcasting and advertising executives--rooted it firmly within the domestic realm. That is one reason why television is branded a feminized medium. What, then, of the women who circulate around and within it' How are they feminized' How have television texts represented women' How has the television industry conceptualized female viewers and female-oriented programming' In what genres have women dominated' How have race and class intersected with gender on television' Feminist Television Studies is a discussion-driven seminar designed to introduce students to the various ways in which television institutions have located and defined women and femininity. Using feminist television scholarship and its multiple methodologies, we will analyze specific television programs, time periods, and genres and formulate arguments about the complicated relationship between women and television.

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