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111-344 Making Gender: Art and Spectatorship in the West 1850-1995

Year 3 Fine Arts.

Note: No student may receive credit for both this subject and 111-344/444 Gender and Artistic Practice in Europe, America and Australia 1850-1980.

Credit points: 16.7 3rd year

Coordinator: Dr Jeanette Hoorn.

Contact: Three hours of lectures and seminars per week and five 2-hour screenings.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

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.

Content:

An examination of theories of gender and spectatorship in western visual media, in Europe, America and Australia, 1850-1900.

Assessment:

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

Prescribed texts:


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