AIS2070

Australian Aboriginal Women

(ART)

Liz Reed and Marlene Drysdale

6 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Clayton and Gippsland + Prerequisites: First-year sequence or approval + Prohibition: AIS3070; KRS2070, KRS3070 (2000 and previously)

Synopsis: The subject focuses on theoretical and cultural issues involved in studying Australian Indigenous women; 'traditional' roles of Aboriginal women and their place in the colonial economy; European constructions of Aboriginal women's sexuality; the place of Aboriginal women in the state and the nation; Aboriginal women and feminism; media constructions and stereotypes of Aboriginal women; representations of Aboriginal women in film; present needs and future prospects, and comparisons with Maori women. The subject is presented in a two hour seminar.

Assessment: Research essay (3000 words): 75% + Class project (1500 words): 25%