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106-290 Contemporary Cultural Studies | |
Note | Available as 106-390 at 3rd-year level. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Chris Healy |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject introduces students to some of the major theoretical traditions in cultural studies ranging from questions around 'culture and society' to studies of mass culture, feminist, ethnographic and postcolonial cultural studies. These theoretical traditions will be our resource to be used by students to produce detailed and specific studies of contemporary cultural practices. By apprehending the diverse national and international tendencies in cultural studies, students will engage with some of the significant problems of the cultures we inhabit. |
Assessment | Written work of not more than 5000 words or an agreed equivalent in image/sound text. |
Prescribed Texts | Course reader available from the department.
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