FEMINISM, CONFLICT AND CHANGE
GSD2FCC
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Feminism continues to fuel movements for social justice, yet its grounding in the category of 'woman' is constantly challenged. In this subject we explore how the interests of non-Western women and men, as well as sexually marginal and gender diverse people, contest the dominant liberal feminism of public discourse. Ideas emanating from poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, queer theory and critical race theory have challenged some of the positions taken by earlier forms of western feminism, prompting continual renewal in feminist projects. We will use a range of texts to examine such contemporary questions about gender, sexuality, culture and power, and ask if the recent emergence of intersectional feminism can rise to new challenges in the politics of difference and inequality.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Diamanto Nicolacopoulos
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
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Capstone subject: No
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Incompatible subjects: ENG2CFT
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
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