Units of Study
MGRK2653 - Sex, Drugs and Music in Modern Greece
Semester 2, 2012 | Credit Points: 6
Coordinator: Vrasidas Karalis
Phone: +61 2 9351 7252
Email: vrasidas.karalis@sydney.edu.au
Description
In this unit we study the development of alternative forms of culture in modern Greece during the last two centuries. It covers the development of the rebetika songs and their surrounding sub-cultural lifestyle, attitudes to sexuality (heterosexual and homosexual), forms of popular culture and their representational codes. It also examines the emergence of counter-cultural phenomena during the last two decades in music and cinema with special emphasis on cultural products created by women, migrants and other minorities in Greece.
Assessments
1x4000wd final essay (70%), other written assignments (equivalent to 1000wd) (20%), 1x class presentation (equivalent to 1000wd) (10%)
Classes
1x1-hr lecture/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week
Prerequisites
12 Junior credit points in any subject
Prohibitions
MGRK2523
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In addition to the core language studies units, the undergraduate program includes other units of study that deal with cultural and literary themes and translation. The following is a list of units that are currently offered on rotation each year.
- MGRK2603 Style and Expression
- MGRK2604 Comparison of Greek and English
- MGRK2605 Theory and Practice of Translation B
- MGRK2606 Varieties and Registers
- MGRK2609 Theory and Practice of Translation A
- MGRK2621 Greek Modernism
- MGRK2622 The Other Road to Greek Modernity
- MGRK2631 Cultural Identities
- MGRK2633 Social Norms/Stereotypes in Greek Cinema
- MGRK2652 Politics and Politicians in Greece
- MGRK2653 Sex, Drugs and Music in Modern Greece
- MGRK2655 Modern Greek Art
- MGRK2657 Greece and the European Imaginary
- MGRK2675 New Testament Greek and its World A
- MGRK2676 New Testament Greek and its World B
- MGRK2682 Sports and Contemporary Culture
- MGRK2691 Sociolinguistics in the Greek Diaspora
- MGRK3692 Theories of Literature