106-098 Colonial/Postcolonial Visual Cultures

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

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

Semester

Subject Description

In this subject students encounter exhibitionary and cinematic works which address the subject of racial and cultural difference. Through the study of postcolonial theory and criticism and the workshopping of film sequences students will be furnished with a method for critically analysing and interpreting the visual cultures that have helped to both sustain and resist Euro-American imperialisms. On completion of the subject students should understand the social and political forces which have contributed to colonial and postcolonial visual practices.