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111-216/316 Colonialism/Postcolonialism and the Art of Australia 1770-1900

Note: No student may receive credit for both this subject and 111-216/316 Race, Class and Gender in Australian Colonial Art 1770-1900.

Availability: Not offered in 1996.

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr Jeanette Hoorn.

Contact: Three hours of lectures, tutorials or seminars a week.

Objectives:

In addition to the above, students completing this subject should:

• have a knowledge of theories of colonialism and postcolonialism and their growth in the West.
• have an understanding of the production of European visual culture in Australia from the voyages of Cook to Federation
• have developed skills in writing about visual culture in Australia through diverse theoretical frameworks

Content:

An examination of visual culture in colonial Australia. The subject considers theories of colonialism and postcolonialism in relationship to the representation of race, class and gender.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 5,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

• Smith B European Vision and the South Pacific Melbourne 1985
• Hoorn, J. The Lycett Album, Aboriginal Life and Scenery, Australian National Library, 1990
• Bell L. Colonial Constructs: European Images of Maori 1840-1914 Melbourne University Press 1992

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 71)

Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
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