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GCST5211: Girls and Boys: Gendered Forms of Youth
2024 unit information
An interdisciplinary unit on research into girlhood, boyhood, and girl and boy cultures, and the constitution and complication of distinctions between boys and girls. Topics include: girls, boys, and feminism; education and schooling; gendered play and leisure; popular representations of boys and girls; age-based media regulation; race, youth and intersectionality; the politics of age and development; trans and non-binary youth; young sexualities; risk and harm-reduction policies; youth, harm and violence. Students will develop a critical understanding of the formation of discourses on girls and boys and how this structures the opportunities and experience of young people today.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Gender and Cultural Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the analytics ‘sexuality’ and ‘gender’, drawing on critical theories and methodologies.
- LO2. Demonstrate strong knowledge of critical theories and methodologies that have been used to apprehend complex social and cultural realities.
- LO3. Confidently apply knowledge of theoretical and methodological approaches to real-world concerns.
- LO4. Produce critically reflexive responses to address complex real events.
- LO5. Critically reflect on the challenges and possibilities of the conditions of everyday living.
- LO6. Develop an ethics of care and social responsibility to marginalised communities.
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