ANY2350

Questions of identity: ethnicity, nationalism and globalisation

(ART)

Penelope Graham

8 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Prohibition: COS2350

Synopsis: The subject explores the thesis that the nation, as a culturally defined community, is the highest symbolic value of modernity. Themes include the relationship of nationalism to ethnicity and migration, gender and sexuality, colonialism and globalisation.

Assessment: Seminar participation: 20% + Essay (2500 words): 35% + Essay (3500 words): 45%