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Department of Cultural Studies
American Studies

Body Genres

Course Information

Nr. Name Type Time Room Lecturer
154670 Body Genres 2 HS Th 18:00 - 19:30
Tu 16:00 - 18:00: Film Screening
R. 0.406
R. 0.420
Gunzenhäuser

The film scholar Linda Williams calls comedy, melodrama, horror, and pornography body genres because they evoke extreme physical and psychological reader and viewer responses. She notes that bodies of women and ‘Others’ often stand in for the emotions the audience is enticed to feel. Thus images of female, Native American, or black bodies are excessively objectified in order for readers and viewers to spontaneously react to them. In the seminar we will explore these expressive genres which expose bodies in order to make an impression on viewers in different media. We will read theories on reader response, the abject, and comedy among other approaches.

In addition, there will be some compulsory film screening sessions on some Tuesdays starting at 4:15 p.m.!

Modules

Lehramtsstudiengänge

LABG G HRG/HRSGe GyGe/BK SP
2009 703, 704 602, 1001, 1002 602, 701, 702, 1002, 1003 703
2016 602, 703, 704 602, 1002, 1003 602, 701, 702, 1002, 1004 703

Angewandte Sprachwissenschaften &
Angewandte Literatur-/Kulturwissenschaften:

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