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111-251/351 Theorising the Body in Australia

Note: No student may receive credit for both 111-251/351 The Body in Australia and 111-251/351 Theorising the Body in Australia

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Jeanette Hoorn.

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

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

In addition to the above, students completing this subject should

• be familiar with recent theories of the body and its representation.
• have an understanding of the history of the body.
• be familiar with debates surrounding writing about the body in Australia

Content:

The subject offers critical perspectives on theories of the body examining in particular visual representations of bodies in Australia from Cook's voyages to the present. Convict bodies, maternal bodies, black bodies, bodies on the beach and post-human bodies are among the areas considered.

Assessment:

Written work of up to 5,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

• Donna Harraway, Simians, Cyborgs and Women, The Re-invention of Nature, Routledge, 1991, Thomas Laqueur, Making Sex, Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud University of California Press, 1992
• Elizabeth Grosz, Volatile Bodies, Toward a Corporeal Feminism, Allen and Unwin, 1994
• Ann Marsh, Body and Self, Performance Art in Australia 1969-92, Oxford University Press, Melbourne,1992

1. Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts (v3, p72) : Next:111-302 | Prev:111-249

2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p48) : Next:111-254 | Prev:106-296

111-251/351 Theorising the Body in Australia

Note: No student may receive credit for both 111-251/351 The Body in Australia and 111-251/351 Theorising the Body in Australia.

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator: Jeanette Hoorn.

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

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

• be familiar with issues surrounding the representation of the body in Australia;
• be familiar with theoretical debates about the body and its representation;
• be able to demonstrate an understanding in writing and discussion of the history of the body.

Content:

The subject offers critical perspectives on theories of the body examining in particular visual representations of bodies in Australia from Cook's voyages to the present. Convict bodies, maternal bodies, bodies on the beach and post-human bodies are among the areas considered.

Assessment:

Written work of up to 5,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

• Foucault M The History of Sexuality Vol 1 Penguin
• Hoorn J Strange Women, Essays in Art and Gender MUP
• Laqueur T Making Sex, Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud U of California P. Nead L Female Nude Art, Obscenity and Sexuality Routledge

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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