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 131-132 Gender, Globalisation and Development: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Note

Formerly available as 131-447. Students who have completed 131-447 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

To be advised

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject examines the relationship between gender and social change in selected regions of Asia and the Pacific, drawing on the theoretical perspectives and insights of a number of social science and humanities disciplines. Topics will include: problems of writing about gender and differences; debates on modernity and post-modernity; gender, colonialism and postcolonialism; gender, politics, the state and civil society; masculinities, femininities and sexualities; gender and the New International Division of Labour; gender and agrarian change, gender and development agencies; tourism and sexual politics; gender in the 'industrial' and 'post-industrial' orders and gender and human rights.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.



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