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ENGL5167	The American Sitcom and Feminist Theory (O)	3 ch (3S) (W)
This course examines American sitcoms and feminist writing and activism from the 1950s to the present. Taking into account the generic conventions of the situational comedy, the seminar explores how the sitcom has engaged with debates within feminist thought, especially around race, economic structures, gender and sexual identities, reproductive rights, and gender-based violence. By linking theory to television, the course investigates both intellectual and activist history and the ways corporate culture resists, responds to, and creates social change. Prerequisite: B+ average in ENGL; open to ENGL Honours students.