Sex, Gender and Representation

Course aim

To investigate the cultural constructions of gender and to develop students' understanding of key themes, issues and art practices that address gender, identity and sexuality.

Course content

Students will develop knowledge concerning the cultural production of ‘woman’ as a sign, as other, as a site of sexuality and masculine desire. Students will gain critical skills to address the relations between sex, gender and representation; the development within the visual arts of ideas such as identity, desire, difference and gender as performance and masquerade; new masculinities, the motherhood wars, fashion, the body and ‘image makeovers’.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 12 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Group tutorial presentation, Project or artefact, Research proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.