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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : History

131-220/320 Gender and Society

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor M Stivens

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Subject Description:

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 perspectives.

Assessment:

Tutorial participation (10%); two essays totalling up to 5000 words (45% each).
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