SPECIAL NOTE:
may be taken as a Gender Studies unit
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
Explores the complexities of power in relation to gender. The concept of gender is examined from a variety of contemporary feminist and postmodern theories to show how gender/sexuality is a primary way of signifying relationships of power. Theories of power are also critically examined to explore how power works in everyday life. The unit goes on to analyse how gendered power is constructed and the ways in which it affects women and men in specific social settings such as the workplace and bureaucracy.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 3,000-word assignment (40%), final 2-hr exam (60%)
TEACHING PATTERN: int: 2 hrs lectures weekly, 1-hr tutorial fortnightly;
dist.ed: instructional package and weekend study schools (13 wks)
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Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
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