102-210 From Mateship to Mardi Gras

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102-210 From Mateship to Mardi Gras
Note	Students are not permitted to undertake within a 12-month period more than two undergraduate subjects offered by the Australian Centre.
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	Dr Graham Willett
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Subject Description	This subject introduces students to the history of homosexuality in Australia since European arrival. It explores the formation of sexual cultures in the 19th and early- and mid-20th centuries and examines the development of gay and lesbian politics and communities from 1969 to the present. On completion of the subject students should have developed ways to discuss and theorise homosexuality within an interdisciplinary framework. A knowledge of the complex history of homosexuality and of homosexual identities should enhance students' understanding of debates around subcultures, social movements and identity politics within Australian society in general.
Assessment	A 1000 word essay 25% (due mid semester) and a 3000 word essay 75% (due during examination period).
Prescribed Texts	G Willett, Living Out Loud: A History of Gay and Lesbian Activism in Australia. Allen & Unwin 2000.

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