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Jyotsna Kapur

Department of Cinema-Photography
Jyotsna Kapur
Jyotsna Kapur
Associate Professor
Cross-appointed with sociology
SIUC Faculty Since 1998
Contact Information
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Room: 1121E Communications Bldg.
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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.

Courses

  • CP 360 - Introduction to Film Analysis and History
  • CP 101 - Introduction to Film History and Analysis  Syllabus
  • CP 470 - The Image of Childhood
  • CP 461 - History of Documentary Film, Part 1
  • MCMA 551 - Media Arts Theory Grad Seminar  Syllabus
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