MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ASM4110

Cultural studies: the consumer society

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

Joanne Finkelstein

12 points + 2 hours per week + Clayton

Synopsis The subject is concerned with the formation of ideas, values and customs expressed in everyday life. Topics include fashions, consumerism, entertainments, privacy, individualism, tourism etc. Of particular interest will be the relationship between modernity and definitions of personal identity.

Assessment Essay (5500 words): 60% + Examination (3 hours): 40%

Recommended texts

Barthes R Mythologies Paladin, 1973
Eco U Travels in hyperreality Picador, 1987

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