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 106-076 Feminist Readings

Note

Formerly available as 106-417. Students who have completed 106-417 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Marion J Campbell

Prerequisites

Usually admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in English or Women's Studies, see Honours entry.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject examines current debates within feminist theory, with particular emphasis on the impact of recent developments in materialist and postcolonial theory on feminist literary criticism and women's writing. Students will develop an understanding of current feminist retheorisations of such categories as class, culture, sexuality and gender, in the context of analysing structures of historical and cultural difference.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.

  • J Butler, Bodies That Matter. Routledge.
  • J Kristeva, About Chinese Women. Marion Boyars.
  • G C Spivak, Outside in the Teaching Machine. Routledge.
  • R Hennessey, Materialist Feminism and the Politics of Discourse. Routledge.
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