Course Descritpion
In this section of English 101 with the help of Zeus and other Olympian gods I will explore the theme of masculinity through close reading, critical thinking, class discussions, and a variety of writing assignments such as analytical, comparative and persuasive...
Theme
"Although we often described men as masculine, we do not consider all men equally masculine. In other words, in United States, generally masculinity is associated with strength, power, and courage but also with violence, sexism and close-mindedness. The depictios of men we see in politics, entertainment and sports often promote as well as reinforce these standards of masculinity. What we will investigate in this course is the notion of masculinity as an abstract concept rather than a fixed category. By closely reading and discussing a selection of readings, we will consider masculinity in relation to media, race, work, fatherhood, and relationships. Our objective is to see whether there are in fact numerous masculinities rather than just one masculinity." - Class Syllabus
Father of the term "Metrosexual": Mark Simpson
"Mark Simpson is an author and journalist. He is credited with coining the term ‘metrosexual’ in the British newspaper the Independent in 1994 and also introducing it to the US in 2002, inaugurating the current global popularity of the term. He is also credited with coining the ‘retrosexual’ in the sense of the anti-metrosexual."
Url for this brief article below:
http://www.scienceofthetime.com/scienceofthetime/members/mark_simpson/11/
This is great. Thanks Jason. Why don't you post this on our class blog as well? I sent everyone an invite on Monday, which if you accept it, allows you to post on the class blog, and not just comment in reponse to my posts.
ReplyDeleteOk, I will check for the invite in my inbox and post it on the class blog.
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