Module manager: Sara Tafakori
Email: S.Tafakori@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module introduces students to the main theoretical and critical arguments and approaches associated with feminist media studies, exploring the history of the field as well as contemporary debates. Drawing on intersectional, decolonial, and queer feminist approaches, the module explores how the intersections of gender with race, class, sexuality and disability are theorised in relation to a range of media and geographical contexts, across the global South and the global North. Please note this is an optional module and runs subject to enrolments. If a low number of students choose this module, then the module may not run, and you may be asked to choose another module.
The module aims to provide students with an informed understanding of the main theoretical and critical debates associated with feminist media studies, covering the history of the field as well as engaging with contemporary intersectional, decolonial and queer feminist perspectives and debates. Students will explore questions of identity from a feminist perspective, looking at a range of media including television, film, advertising, music and new media.
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Analyse and critically evaluate different theories, definitions and practices of gender and feminism, drawing on intersectional, decolonial and queer feminist perspectives.
2. Apply theories of gendered power relations to media outputs.
3. Critically engage with the main methodologies of feminist media studies and evaluate the strengths and limitations of different conceptual frameworks.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Effectively communicate knowledge and ideas about identity and gender in collaboration with others on an area or topic of feminist media studies.
5. Critically evaluate different arguments and perspectives on identity and gender, using this scholarship to form arguments, theories and ideas.
6. Reflect on their experience of learning about feminist ideas on gender and identity throughout the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 | 1.5 | 15 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 175 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 25 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Progress will be monitored by performance in seminars and assessment preparation material.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Group Project | Group project | 30 |
| Essay or Dissertation | Essay | 70 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 30/04/2026
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