WSM4180 - Sex, Power, Self: Feminist Interventions in Contemporary Discourse

Leader: JaneMaree Maher

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)

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

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%

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week