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  1. 131-220/320 History, Faculty of Arts.
  2. 131-220/320 Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts.
  3. 131-220/320 History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville).
  4. 131-220/320 Womens Studies, Faculty of Arts.

1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p100) : Next:131-222 | Prev:131-219
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-222 | Prev:131-207

131-220/320 Gender and Society

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr J Damousi.

Prerequisite: History students: normally, 25 points of first year History. Women's Studies students: any two first year subjects.

Contact: One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should be able to: demonstrate a sound understanding of the main developments in feminist theory; understand the issues involved in debates about feminist knowledge; demonstrate knowledge of the main conceptual schemes dealing with the relationships between gender, class and race; and show understanding of the key approaches exploring various dimensions of gender relations in cross-cultural contexts.

Content:

This subject examines a number of central theoretical issues in the study of gender relationship past and present with a main focus in the Australian and Asian-Pacific region. Theoretical issues such as the gendering of knowledge, the sexual division of labour, the relationships between ethnicity, class and gender, the construction of femininity and masculinity, and the dichotomy of public and private are considered from historical, anthropological, sociological and psychological perspective.

Assessment:

Tutorial participation (10%); two essays totalling up to 5,000 words (45% each).

Prescribed texts:

1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p100) : Next:131-222 | Prev:131-219
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-222 | Prev:131-207


3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p126) : Next:131-222 | Prev:131-219

131-220/320 Gender and Society

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Dr J Damousi.

Contact: One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should be able to: demonstrate a sound understanding of the main developments in feminist theory; understand the issues involved in debates about feminist knowledge; demonstrate knowledge of the main conceptual schemes dealing with the relationships between gender, class and race; and show understanding of the key approaches exploring various dimensions of gender relations in cross-cultural contexts.

Content:

This subject examines a number of central theoretical issues in the study of gender relationship past and present with a main focus in the Australian and Asian-Pacific region. Theoretical issues such as the gendering of knowledge, the sexual division of labour, the relationships between ethnicity, class and gender, the construction of femininity and masculinity, and the dichotomy of public and private are considered from historical, anthropological, sociological and psychological perspective.

Assessment:

Tutorial participation (10 per cent); two essays totalling up to 5,000 words (45 per cent each).

Prescribed texts:

* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p126) : Next:131-222 | Prev:131-219


4. Womens Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p174) : Next:131-276

131-220/320 Gender and Society

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr J. Damousi.

Prerequisite: History students: normally, 25 points of first year History. Women's Studies students: any two first year subjects.

Contact: One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should be able to: demonstrate a sound understanding of the main developments in feminist theory; understand the issues involved in debates about feminist knowledge; demonstrate knowledge of the main conceptual schemes dealing with the relationships between gender, class and race; and show understanding of the key approaches exploring various dimensions of gender relations in cross-cultural contexts.

Content:

This subject examines a number of central theoretical issues in the study of gender relationship past and present with a main focus in the Australian and Asian-Pacific region. Theoretical issues such as the gendering of knowledge, the sexual division of labour, the relationships between ethnicity, class and gender, the construction of femininity and masculinity, and the dichotomy of public and private are considered from historical, anthropological, sociological and psychological perspective.

Assessment:

Written Assignments to a total of not more than 5,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

* Note that ASSESSMENT, COORDINATOR, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

4. Womens Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p174) : Next:131-276


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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
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