Media and film studies

Cinema and Sexualities

Module code: P3057
Level 6
30 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Film, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework

This module centres on the critical study of sexualities and how they are represented in a range of film texts. Through screenings, lectures, seminars and self-directed study, you will be introduced to the various ways in which sexualities have been both theorised and represented in a range of film texts.

Debates considered in the module may include:

• the politics of sexual identification
• the idea of sexual ‘perversity’
• sexual stereotyping (especially of lesbians and gays)
• and the critical concept of ‘queer’ in theory
• identity politics and cinematic genre (queer cinema).

Module learning outcomes

• Analyse representations of sexuality in film texts.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the history of official and unofficial sexualities
• Select and evaluate competing theories of sexuality
• Show systematic knowledge and understanding of the importance of sexuality in the formation of identity