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131-033 Contesting Genders: From Greer to Queer | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-218/318. Students who have completed 131-218/318 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr J Damousi & Dr S Swain |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of First Year History. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines the history of the western feminist movement from 1970 to the present. It explores the key theoretical ideas and the various social currents which gave rise to the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Through the works of writers like Germaine Greer, Kate Millett and Adrienne Rich, we will explore the contribution of radical, liberal and Marxist feminists to the formulation of a feminist politics. The challenge of postcolonial critiques to and within feminism will be a key consideration in the subject. The influence of postmodernism and poststructuralism upon feminist analysis will also be considered, through a study of the effects of queer theory on a feminist politics for the next millennium. On successful completion of the subject students should have a clear understanding of the history of recent theoretical developments in, and the impact of new critical theory on, debates in feminist thinking. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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