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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science
166-202/302 The Politics of Sexual Reform Movements 1900 To the Present |
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Availability: | Not offered in 1997. | |
Credit Points: | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year | |
Coordinator: | Sheila Jeffreys | |
Prerequisite/s: | 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. | |
Content: | This subject will look at the way that lesbianism and male homosexuality have been constructed through sexology and legislation and how changing social and political contexts have shaped different forms of political organising by lesbians and gay men, from gay liberation and lesbian feminism to queer politics. Controversies within lesbian and gay theory and politics will be analysed such as the idea of a gay gene, theorising heterosexuality, racist sexual stereotyping, the Sydney Mardi Gras, drag and role-playing, erotica and the politics of sexual practice. | |
Assessment: | Essay work or equivalent totalling 5000 words. | |
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