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131-208 Race and Colonisation in Western Discourse | |
Note | Available as 131-308 at 3rd-year level. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Dr P Wolfe |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | Three hours of lecture and tutorial time per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines different ways in which the historical subject known first as Christendom then as Europe now as 'the West' has constructed itself through representations of and discourses on foreigners. Relationships between these representational practices and the maintenance of colonial and 'post' colonial domination will be explored. By the end of the subject, students should be able to identity and situate some of the major Western discourses on racial, cultural and evolutionary difference. |
Assessment | Attendance and presentation at tutorials (10%), written work not exceeding 5000 words (90%). |
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