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131-132 Gender, Globalisation and Development | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-447. Students who have completed 131-447 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Students enrolled in Fourth Year combined Honours in women's studies must complete this subject or 131-063 Representations of Gender, see Honours entry. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof M Stivens |
Prerequisites | Usually admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in History, Women's Studies, Asian Studies or Development. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines the relationship between gender and social change in selected regions of Asia and the Pacific, drawing on the theoretical perspectives and insights of a number of social science and humanities disciplines. On completion of the subject students should have an understanding of problems of writing about gender and differences; debates on modernity and postmodernity; gender, colonialism and postcolonialism; gender, politics, the state and civil society; masculinities, femininities and sexualities; gender and the New International Division of Labour; gender and agrarian change; gender and development agencies; tourism and sexual politics; gender in the 'industrial' and 'post-industrial' orders; and gender and human rights. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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