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WST210: Reading Gender in Everyday Life |
This unit examines how gender functions in our lives, by examining a range of cultural texts and practices that reproduce ideas of masculinity and femininity. We look closely at different theoretical discussions of how we become a gendered subject in the West, and how our sexually differentiated identities may be played out or performed. While we consider everyday topics like shopping, eating, thinking about getting married or having cosmetic surgery, a particular focus in this unit is on building theories of gender in response to the writing of Freud and Foucault.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year
(On Campus session: 2 March) |
| Staff Contact: |
Dr Lattas |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp
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| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Institute for Women's Studies |
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