GCST2604 - Sex, Violence and Transgression

Semester 2, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Lee Wallace
Phone: +61 2 9036 9497
Email: lee.wallace@sydney.edu.au

Description

Violence is one of the most prevalent themes in popular culture and public discourse today. It shapes our lives in all sorts of ways, both real and imagined. Incorporating concepts and theoretical tools from gender and cultural studies, this course will examine the construction and representation of violence in relation to sexuality, transgression, difference and power.

Assessments

1x2000 word case study (40%), 1x2000 word take-home exam (40%), online participation (20%)

Classes

1x2 hour lecture/week and 1x1 hour tutorial/week

Prerequisites

18 Junior credit points

Prohibitions

WMST2004

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