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CUL204: Sexuality/Gender/Culture 1: Queer Theory |
This unit provides a detailed introduction to the 'hot' debates raised by the new and developing field of queer theory. Queer theory is first positioned in relation to historically antecedent definitions of subjectivity in terms of gender and sexual practice. The unit's primary concerns are queer theory's repositioning of the subject, and its claims to represent a radical contestation of received Western cultural concepts of gender, order, sexual and social structures. Queer theory is positioned in relation to the work of major theorists (for example, Foucault, Butler, Freud, Crimp).The course addresses topics such as community, HIV/AIDS, race, fetishism and so on, and includes the use of filmic texts.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year
(On Campus session: No session. X availability for GradCert/Dip in CCS students only)
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year
(On Campus session: No session. X availability for GradCert/Dip in CCS students only) |
| Staff Contact: |
Dr Nikki Sullivan |
| Prerequisites: |
[(CUL100(P) or CUL101(P)) and 12cp] or [admission to GradCert/Dip in CCS and 6cp in 100-level CUL units]
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| Offered By: |
Department of Critical and Cultural Studies |
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