Course overview
This course draws on critical perspectives from feminism, masculinity studies, queer theory, LGBTIQ+ studies and transgender studies to explore how dominant ideas about gender and sexuality are communicated, enforced and resisted in everyday life. It focuses on diverse media representations and cultural expressions, including advertising, film, music, art, writing and social media. Students develop sophisticated understandings of diverse ways that genders and sexualities are experienced and expressed in everyday life, and critical skills for interpreting and reflecting on them.
- Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life
- Interpreting Texts
- Debates in Culture - Gender, Sexuality & Controversy
Course learning outcomes
- Identify key ideas and knowledge relevant to Gender and Sexuality Studies’ approaches to understanding everyday life
- Critically reflect on and analyse cultural texts, everyday life, and/or personal experiences using/applying appropriate scholarly research and theoretical resources
- Demonstrate research skills, through library searches, research techniques and skills, and/or academic referencing
- Demonstrate communication skills by communicating persuasive, logical and coherent arguments based on appropriate evidence and resources, and engage in critical debate in inclusive and scholarly ways
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 26998
Section FR01
Size 100
Available 94
Class number 25187
Section WS01
Size 100
Available 100
Class number 29970
Section WS02
Size 30
Available 26
Class number 29971
Section WS03
Size 30
Available 29
Class number 29972
Section WS04
Size 30
Available 29
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