GEND2027 Topics in Gender/Cultural Studies A
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Humanities |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Gender Studies |
| Offered in | GEND2027 will not be offered in 2009 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
GENDER, CULTURAL CITIZENSHIP AND POPULAR CULTURE.GEND 2027This course deals with the relationship of gender, cultural citizenship and popular culture. The main focus is on the way ideas about gender and sexuality change through time, and how they are understood in diverse cultural contexts. We will explore how culture shapes our perception of who we are (or who we are supposed to be) and how we behave (or how we are expected to behave). We will examine how the way we create, consume, and understand culture is dependent on our sometimes unconscious assumptions regarding gender and cultural citizenship. We will both look at culture from the perspective of gender and at gender from the perspective of their cultural representations. In this way this course provides a critical assessment of controversies and debates about the relationship between gender, cultural and political citizenship, and popular culture. |
| Indicative Assessment | 3,500-4,000 words of written assessment plus 10% tutorial participation |
| Workload | Weekly 1.5-hour lecture and 1 hour tutorial |
| Areas of Interest | Gender Studies |
| Requisite Statement | GEND1001 or GEND1002, or permission of the coordinator. |
| Preliminary Reading |
Recommended reading:Race, identity, and citizenship: a reader. Rodolfo D. Torres, Louis F. Mirón, Jonathan Xavier Inda, eds. Malden, Mass. Blackwell Publishers, 1999 Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World. Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat, eds., Princeton University Press, 2005. |
| Majors/Specialisations | Gender, Sexuality and Culture |
| Academic Contact | Ana Dragojlovic |
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