121-058 Sentiments and Structures

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121-058 Sentiments and Structures
Note	Formerly available as 136-008 or 274/374. Students who have completed 136-008 or 136-274/374 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
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. There will be no tutorials in the first and last weeks of semester
Subject Description	The subject is concerned with the comparative study of kinship and family in Western and non-Western societies, considering them as both forms of social structure and primary sites of sentimental and affective states. Students who complete the subject should have an introductory knowledge of the variety of forms of kinship reckoning and family organisation to be found in the world today, and a general understanding of the variable relationship between kinship and family and the wider issues of social identity, gender roles, economic and political organisation and social structure.
Assessment	A research essay of 2250 words, a one-hour class test and two short assignments one of 500 words and one of 250 words.
Prescribed Texts	A subject reader will be available.

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