ANY3460

Intergenerational tyrannies: gender, age and culture

(ART)

Helen Johnson

8 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prohibition: COS3460

Synopsis: Concepts of and relationships between gender and age, and ethnicity and culture. How gender, ethnicity and age shape social status, ideas about women and cultural interactions. The subject explores how ageing is experienced in diverse ways in different cultures. It also examines the issues generated by diverse social constructions of /ageing0 through an analysis and comparison of intergenerational confrontations and collaborations across a variety of cultures.

Assessment: Two short exercises (1500 words): 40% + Long essay and oral presentation (3000 words): 60%