Genders, Bodies, Borders

Subject 121-218 (2008)

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Credit Points:

12.500

Level:

Undergraduate

Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

Semester 2, - Taught on campus.

Pre-teaching Period Start	not applicable
Teaching Period	not applicable
Assessment Period End	not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol	not applicable
Census Date	not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail	not applicable

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Time Commitment:

Total Time Commitment: Not available

Prerequisites:

25 points of first year from any area of study within the Faculty of Arts.

Corequisites:

None

Recommended Background Knowledge:

None

Non Allowed Subjects:

None

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

 CoordinatorDr Kalissa Alexeyeff 

Subject Overview:	This subject looks at the central place of gendered meanings in diverse cultural contests globally, focussing on the increasingly gendered and sexualised character of these contests. The contests examined include: the wars over 'the family'; the ways in which the body becomes an important symbolic site for cultural politics; beauty; fatness and thinness; the veil: bikinis and burqas; the cultural politics of nationalisms and ethno-nationalisms; religious revivalisms and the 'clash of civilisations'; and contests around 'human rights' and 'cultural values'.
Assessment:	A tutorial journal of 750 words 15% (due end semester), a research essay 2000 words 55% (due mid-semester) and a reflective essay 1250 words 30% (due in examination period).
Prescribed Texts:	Prescribed Texts:A reader will be available at the university bookshop.
Breadth Options:	This subject is a level 2 or level 3 subject and is not available to new generation degree students as a breadth option in 2008. This subject or an equivalent will be available as breadth in the future. Breadth subjects are currently being developed and these existing subject details can be used as guide to the type of options that might be available. 2009 subjects to be offered as breadth will be finalised before re-enrolment for 2009 starts in early October.
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:	demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources; show critical thinking and analysis and ability to communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by determining the strength of an argument; demonstrate understanding of social, ethical and cultural context through the contextualisation of judgements, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and possibilities and by constructing an argument.
Notes:	This is a core subject for the minor in the interdisciplinary program in gender studies. This subject may also be completed as part of the interdisciplinary program in the social theory minor and sequence. Students who have completed 131-034 prior to 2008 may not enrol in this subject
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts Diploma in Arts (Gender Studies) Diploma in Arts (Islamic Studies) Graduate Certificate in Arts (Anthropology and Development) Graduate Certificate in Arts (Anthropology and Social Theory) Graduate Certificate in Arts (Gender Studies) Graduate Diploma in Arts (Anthropology and Development) Graduate Diploma in Arts (Anthropology and Social Theory) Graduate Diploma in Arts (Gender Studies)

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