Masculinity, Sexuality, and Difference (COMM 2180)

Communication · Boston College

This course may be used to satisfy one of four electives required within the Communication major. This course will examine constructions of masculinity and sexuality in Western society from a critical cultural perspective. We will consider the ways in which cultural narratives about acceptable masculine behaviors and attitudes catalyze social conflicts, reinforce established power hierarchies, and organize the modes of being available to people of different gender identities and sexual orientations. We will also evaluate the liberatory potential of emergent discourses and practices that seek

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