Students examine the practices of banning, censorship and prohibition as forms of communication. Students engage a range of materials that consider the classification of taboo, in the contexts of gender, representation, affect, modes of repression, and address such questions as who censors, who is censored, and how censorship is used as a political and societal tool. Students analyze the intersection of banning and confirming through a variety of media texts including creative non-fiction, advertisements, film, and visual media. Prerequisite: Students must have completed 45 credits of study
Students examine the practices of banning, censorship and prohibition as forms of communication. Students engage a range of materials that consider the classification of taboo, in the contexts of gender, representation, affect, modes of repression, and address such questions as who censors, who is censored, and how censorship is used as a political and societal tool. Students analyze the intersection of banning and confirming through a variety of media texts including creative non-fiction, advertisements, film, and visual media. Prerequisite: Students must have completed 45 credits of study
