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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : History

131-447 Gender, Globalisation and Development: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Credit Points:

16.7 4th year

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor M Stivens

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description:

This subject examines the relationship between gender and social change in selected regions of Asia and the Pacific, drawing on the theoretical perspectives and insights of a number of social science and humanities disciplines, especially history and anthropology.On completion of this subject, students should be able to: understand concepts such as gender, class, ethnicity, feminism, social change, colonialism, post-colonialism, modernity, Postmodernity; understand processes of migration, agrarian transformation, industrialisation and post-industrialisation in Asia and the Pacific; critically examine writings on gender and social change in Asia and the Pacific.

Assessment:

Written work of not more than 6000 words.

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