Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 110)
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Year 4 History.
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Professor P. Grimshaw.
Contact: A 2-hour seminar per week.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students will be able: to understand contestations surrounding European and American representations of women and gender in Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; engage with theoretical debates on concepts of gender, culture, race and class during a time of marked social change in the region, including theories of gender, representation, discourse analysis and postmodernist cultural critique; gain insight into the ways in which representations of femininity and masculinity, both among white settlers and indigenous peoples, informed social and political interaction in cross-cultural encounters, and shaped the political outcomes of Pacific Island communities, Australia and New Zealand.
Content:
The subject examines contestations surrounding European and American representations of women and gender in Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Assessment:
Two essays of 3,000 words, each worth 50 % of the total.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 110)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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