Jyotsna Kapur

Associate Professor

Cross-appointed with sociology

SIUC Faculty Since 1998

Contact Information

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Room: 1121E Communications Bldg.

Office Phone: (618) 453-1470

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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  Syllabus
• CP 461 - History of Documentary Film, Part 1  Syllabus
• MCMA 550 - Media Arts Theory Grad Seminar  Syllabus