Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : English
Prev 106-288 Writing Non-Fictional Forms
Next 106-290 Contemporary Cultural Studies

 106-289 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Production

Note

Available as 106-389 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Philip Morrissey

Semester

2

Contact

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject studies Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance, theatre and popular music, cultural and sporting festivals and governmental arts funding agencies and Aboriginal arts organisations. It focuses on theoretical and political issues which arise from Aboriginal culture being both a commodity and a vehicle of Indigenous identity and resistance. It uncovers the diverse and transitional nature of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural production and the social and political contexts which frame the creation and use of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural production. The politics of consumption and appreciation of Aboriginal cultural productions as well as the politics of content are also examined.

Assessment

Written work of not more than 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts

Course reader available from the department.

Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : English
Prev 106-288 Writing Non-Fictional Forms
Next 106-290 Contemporary Cultural Studies
 
Status:                   Official 1998
Last Modified:            Tuesday October 21 17:09
SGML to HTML Conversion:  Information Technology Services
Authorised by:            Academic Registrar
Email Enquiries:          Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au