“‘Pint-Sized’ Stars: Feminist Film Studies and the Girl Celebrity” is topic on Nov. 29

Thursday, November 15, 2007, By News Staff

“‘Pint-Sized’ Stars: Feminist Film Studies and the Girl Celebrity” is topic on Nov. 29November 15, 2007Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu

The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will present the talk “‘Pint-Sized’ Stars: Feminist Film Studies and the Girl Celebrity” with Sarah Projansky of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 4 p.m. in Room 500 of the Hall of Languages.

Projansky is an associate professor of gender and women’s studies in UIUC’s Cinema Studies Unit. Her books include “Watching Rape: Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture” (NYU Press, 2001) and “Enterprise Zones: Critical Positions on `Star Trek'” (Westview, 1996).

For more information, contact the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at (315) 443-2308.