ClassInfo - Spring 2025 Philosophy Classes

Spring 2025 | PHIL 8510 Section 001: Seminar: Aesthetics Studies (54669)

Instructor(s): Roy Cook
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:: 6 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025

Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Walter W Heller Hall 731
Enrollment Status:: Open (0 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:: Spring 2025
Spring 2024

Course Catalog Description:: Topics vary by offering.
Class Description:: The seminar will explore the portrayal of superheroes in comics, films, and TV, asking how these media function to explore and unsettle cultural norms of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, citizenship and belonging, and (dis)abilities and (super)powers. What does it mean to view these central aspects of human experience through the fictional exploits of characters who push the boundaries of the recognizably human? What do their fictional worlds, including their powers and vulnerabilities, tell us about our own worlds? What makes their stories compelling and engaging? Why do superheroes matter to us, and how are we (differently) invested in how they are portrayed and treated? Seminar participants will be urged to bring their own particular interests to our discussions and their writing.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54669/1253
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 18 November 2015

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