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106-067 Feminist Cultural Studies | |
Note | Formerly available as 106-295/395. Students who have completed 106-295/395 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Chris Healy |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture per week and nine 2-hour tutorials scheduled across the semester |
Subject Description | This subject offers an introduction to some contemporary issues in feminist cultural studies. Particular focus is given to investigating the cultural, historical and technological contexts in which women engage with popular cultural forms and practices. Some of the questions addressed by this subject are: what kinds of discourses about 'femininity' and 'feminism' are being produced out of this engagement with popular culture? Is there now something called 'pop-feminism'? And how might it differ from 'post-feminism'? How have pop-feminist and post-feminist discourses conceptualised the relation between gender, sexuality and embodiment? These questions will be addressed within the context of a critical examination of contemporary theoretical and methodological issues in feminist cultural studies. Topics for examination include: women's and girls' magazines, the fashion industry, daytime television, cyberfeminism, plastic surgery. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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