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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. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | To be advised |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites, or first year women's studies, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Subject Description | This subject offers an introduction to some contemporary issues in feminist cultural studies, investigating the cultural, historical and technological contexts in which women engage with popular cultural forms and practices. The subject asks: 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? Students should complete the subject skilled in reading a variety of cultural practices and formations from feminist perspectives including women's and girls' magazines, the fashion industry, daytime television, cyberfeminism, plastic surgery. |
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