WSM4180

Sex, power, self: feminist interventions in contemporary discourse

(ART)

Maryanne Dever

12 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis: This unit explores contemporary feminist theorisings about the mutually constitutive concepts of 'the body', sexual and gender difference, together with notions of female subjectivity and 'self'; anxieties concerning comparison, authenticity and identity which permeate debates about embodied consciousness; situated knowledge; and 'female experience' through the study of three interconnected arenas - sex, power and self.

Assessment: 12 points - Seminar participation: 20% + A short applied research task (3000 words): 30% + A long research essay based on a seminar presentation, and on a topic relevant to the student's research interests (6000 words): 50%