his3scs sex, crime and scandal

SEX, CRIME AND SCANDAL: HISTORY OF SEXUALITY

HIS3SCS

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Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students examine the history of sexualities in Australia. How did the state regulate sexuality? Why were some forms of sexuality criminalized? What generated moral panics over sexuality? What role did the press play in sex scandals? How has courtship and marriage changed? We consider birth control, sexual violence, the influence of sexology, the formation of sexual sub-cultures and sexual liberation movements and nationalism, race and sexuality. Through analysing debates about sexuality, we examine notions of transgression, 'deviance', 'perversion', power and resistance. Students will conduct a research project based on historical documents gaining valuable research skills.

FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorRuth Ford

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Exchange StudentsYes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites 45 credit points of second-year history or coordinator's approval

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjects HIS21DA / HIS31DA

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource TypeTitleResource RequirementAuthor and YearPublisher
ReadingsThe Sex Lives of Australians: A HistoryPrescribedBongiorno, FBLACK INC, 2012
ReadingsHistories of SexualityPreliminaryGarton, S.EQUINOX 2004
ReadingsMaking Sexual HistoryPreliminaryWeeks, J.POLITY PRESS 2000

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