Department of Cinema-Photography

- Jyotsna Kapur
- Associate Professor
- Cross-appointed with sociology
- SIUC Faculty Since 1998
- Contact Information
- Email:
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- Room: 1121E Communications Bldg.
- Curriculum Vitae:
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- Education
- Ph.D. at Northwestern University, 1998
- M.P.S. at Cornell University, 1992
- M.Phil at Delhi University, 1988
Interests
Feminist and Marxist analysis of media, globalization, children's film and consumer culture, documentary and ethnographic film, the German and Japanese new wave and Indian cinema.
Biography
Research and teaching interests include: History and theory of the documentary idea especially its redefinations in contemporary practices and digital culture; Third Cinema; Ethnographic film; The German and Japanese New Wave; Global children's media culture; Marxist-feminist theory and neoliberalism; Issues of labor, class, race, and sexuality; Critical-cultural theory; and contemporary Indian media culture.


