WSM4010

Feminist theory

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

Dr Rose Lucas

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

Objectives Upon completion of this subject, students will have attained the following: an introduction to major ideas and debates within contemporary feminist theory; analytical reading skills applied to key texts in the area; developed skills of oral presentation and of written argument.

Synopsis This subject aims to provide an introduction to the basic terms, concepts and debates necessary to an understanding of the current state of contemporary feminist theory. Designed to be broadly interdisciplinary in its concerns, it will examine such issues as the formation of epistemologies; linguistic, literary and cultural manifestations of phallocentrism; the construction of bodies and subjectivities; and questions of sexual and cultural difference. These broad issues will be considered through close reading and discussion of selected essays, including work by theorists such as Braidotti, Butler, Cameron, Grosz, Irigaray, Kristeva and Trinh Minh-ha.

Assessment Written (9000 words): 100%