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106-064 Contemporary Cultural Studies | |
Note | Formerly available as 106-290/390. Students who have completed 106-290/390 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Audrey Yue |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of First Year English, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture per week and nine 2-hour tutorials scheduled across the semester |
Subject Description | This subject introduces students to some of the major theoretical traditions in cultural studies ranging from studies of mass culture to 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 totalling 4000 words or an equivalent in image/sound text negotiated with the subject coordinator. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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