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3. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:175-219 | Prev:166-238

166-242/342 An/Other China: Theorising Everyday Life

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Michael Dutton.

Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Upon completion of the subject students should be able to construct a broader vision of mainstreaming within Asian area studies by making the empirical domain the object of theoretical enquiry.

Content:

This subject offers a theoretically reflexive approach to Chinese studies. It has a dual object: Firstly, it utilises contemporary social, cultural, postcolonial and political theory to analyse recent changes in society in China; Secondly, it takes these theories 'for a walk', questioning certain contemporary theoretical assumptions by scrutinising them in relation to what is, for them, the unfamiliar.

Assessment:

Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.

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3. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:175-219 | Prev:166-238


2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p48) : Next:106-402 | Prev:136-209

166-242/342 An/Other China: Theorising the Everyday

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Michael Dutton.

Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week.

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

Upon completion of the subject students should be able to construct a broader vision of mainstreaming within Asian area studies by making the empirical domain the object of theoretical enquiry.

Content:

This subject offers a theoretically reflexive approach to Chinese studies. It has a dual object: firstly, it utilises contemporary social, cultural, post-colonial and political theory to analyse recent changes in society in China. Secondly, it takes these theories 'for a walk' questioning certain contemporary theoretical assumptions by scrutinising them in relation to what is for them, the unfamiliar.

Prescribed texts:

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2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p48) : Next:106-402 | Prev:136-209


4. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p165) : Next:166-243 | Prev:166-241

166-242/342 An Other China: Theorising Everyday Life

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Michael Dutton.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

Upon completion of the subject students should be able to construct a broader vision of mainstreaming within Asian area studies by making the empirical domain the object of theoretical enquiry.

Content:

This subject offers a theoretically reflexive approach to Chinese studies. It has a dual object: Firstly, it utilises contemporary social, cultural, postcolonial and political theory to analyse recent changes in society in China. Secondly, it takes these theories 'for a walk', questioning certain contemporary theoretical assumptions by scrutinising them in relation to what is, for them, the unfamiliar.

Assessment:

Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

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

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5. Social Theory, Faculty of Arts (v3, p164) : Next:136-447 | Prev:136-354

166-242/342 An/Other China: Theorising the Everyday

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator: Michael Dutton (Politics).

Content:

The subject offers a theoretically reflexive approach to Chinese studies. It has a dual object: Firstly, it utilises contemporary social, cultural, postcolonial and political theory to analyse recent changes in society in China. Secondly, it takes these theories 'for a walk' questioning certain contemporary theoretical assumptions by scrutinising them in relation to what is for them, the unfamiliar.

Assessment:

See Politics

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