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 121-066 Sexing the Self

Note

Formerly available as 136-293/393/016. Students who have completed 136-293/393/016 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Mary Patterson

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject explores the construction of gender and sex in a variety of the world's societies. On completion of the subject students should have gained a knowledge of gender-based systems of social classification in non-western societies; have acquired a knowledge of contemporary critiques of the representation of women's and men's lives in ethnography; and have explored the anthropology of sexual reproduction.

Assessment

A research project and a take-home exam totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.



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