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GCST2610: Intimacy, Love and Friendship
2025 unit information
This unit examines the representation and practices of intimate relations focusing especially on the intersection between intimacy and constructions of gender. Divided into three sections, the unit will examine theories of love and friendship, contemporary cultural representations of love, desire and friendship, and the ethics and politics of erotics. This unit will also examine new technologies of intimacy, and discuss their implications for gender and sexuality.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Gender and Cultural Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level including 6 credit points from Gender Studies or Cultural Studies or Sociology or Anthropology or Media Studies or English or History or Philosophy or Education or Political Economy or Psychology or Social Work or Law |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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WMST2010 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand theories of intimacy, sexuality and friendship within gender and cultural studies
- LO2. apply critical skills to interdisciplinary representations of intimacy, love and friendship
- LO3. evaluate public debates and concerns about intimacy, sexuality and friendship
- LO4. understand the relationship between intimacy, subjectivity and the public sphere
- LO5. demonstrate research, writing and oral communication skills through a variety of assessment tasks
- LO6. demonstrate independent thinking and interpretation
- LO7. demonstrate group work skills through discussion in tutorials
- LO8. demonstrate self-directed learning skills through reflection exercises and meeting deadlines.
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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