Australian Cultural History: Problems

HSTY6945

This course explores nineteenth and twentieth-century Australia through the methods of cultural history. We begin by exploring how cultural history emerged as a discipline and discuss its possibilities and its challenges. We then move on to consider particular themes and debates within Australian historiography. Topics include: cross-cultural relations; manners, status and 'civilisation'; bohemianism; high and popular culture; sport; the beach; nationalism and imperialism; modernism and commercialism; Hollywood and celebrity.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Postgraduate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 2

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: HSTY6945

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: No

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