Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 105)
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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Associate Professor C Coppel.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should: possess an understanding of the historical processes by which ethnic Chinese spread to Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and North America; ossess an understanding of the ways in which the Chinese have been received and presented in these countries; appreciate the different ways in which the Chinese overseas have adapted to and reflected upon their position in these countries; be able to reflect critically upon the Chinese overseas in the context of the emerging field of diasporan studies.
Content:
The historical experience of ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, Australasia, and North America: their migrations, their reception in countries of the Pacific Rim, and the ways in which they have understood their Chineseness.
Assessment:
Tutorial participation (10%), a 2,500 word research essay (50%), a 2,000 word reflective essay or a two-hour unseen paper (40%).
Prescribed texts:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p105) : Next:131-290 | Prev:131-288
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p131) : Next:131-290 | Prev:131-288
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Associate Professor C Coppel.
Contact: One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial each week.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should: possess an understanding of the historical processes by which ethnic Chinese spread to Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and North America; possess an understanding of the ways in which the Chinese have been received and presented in these countries; appreciate the different ways in which the Chinese overseas have adapted to and reflected upon their position in these countries; be able to reflect critically upon the Chinese overseas in the context of the emerging field of diasporan studies.
Content:
The historical experience of ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, Australasia, and North America: their migrations, their reception in countries of the Pacific Rim, and the ways in which they have understood their Chineseness.
Assessment:
Tutorial participation (10 per cent); a 2500 word research essay (50 per cent); a 2000 word reflective essay or a two-hour unseen paper (40 per cent)
Prescribed texts:
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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p131) : Next:131-290 | Prev:131-288
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