Dr. Damon Young

Biography

Damon Young is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, co-appointed in the Department of French and affiliated with multiple programs including Critical Theory, New Media, European Studies, Rhetoric, and Gender & Women's Studies. His teaching focuses on art cinema and sexuality in media, exploring digital media and film theory such as classical film theory, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, semiotics, and feminist queer theory. Young's significant publications include his book 'Making Sex Public: Cinematic Fantasies,' which critiques the representation of women's queer sexualities in French cinema. His upcoming book project, 'Century Selfie,' investigates the relationship between digital media and models of subjectivity, analyzing how online cultures create new paradigms of communication and self-relation. His research interests lie in critical theory, digital media, film theory, and gender and sexuality studies, with a specific emphasis on global art cinema, particularly French and Francophone film.

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