MAKING GENDER: ART AND SPECTATORSHIP IN THE WEST 1850-1995 No student may receive credit for both this subject and 111-344/444 Gender and Artistic Practice in Europe, America and Australia 1850-1980. 16.7 3rd year Dr Jeanette Hoorn. First semester Three hours of lectures and seminars per week and five 2-hour screenings. In addition to the above, students completing this subject should:

* have a knowledge of theories of the gaze and their development in relationship to a variety of visual media.

* have a knowledge of feminist scholarship as it relates to the formation of the gendered subject.

* have an understanding of Lacanian theory and its diverse commentaries.

An examination of theories of gender and spectatorship in western visual media, in Europe, America and Australia, 1850-1900. Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 5,000 words. Donna J Harraway, Simians, Cyborgs and Women, The Re-invention of Nature, Routledge, 1992, Hoorn J Strange Women, Essays in Art and Gender MUP 1994 Gross, E. Jacques Lacan: A Feminist Introduction, Indiana University Press 1990