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131-034 Gender, Culture and Society | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-220/320. Students who have completed 131-220/320 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr L Healey |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of First Year History, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject explores the relationships between gender, culture and sociality, with an emphasis on cross-cultural analyses. Topics include feminist analyses of the body and biology; gender, race, class and ethnicities; beauty, identity and consumer society; the gendering of politics; private, public and the future of the family; mothering and assisted reproduction; masculinities, femininities and sexualities, and human rights/women's rights. Students should complete the subject with the ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of the main developments in feminist theory; with an understanding of the issues involved in debates about feminist knowledge; with knowledge of the main conceptual schemes dealing with the relationships between gender, class and race. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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