TEXT, BODY, KNOWLEDGE
GSD2TBK
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject encourages students to think about power relations that operate through our bodies from a variety of theoretical and thematic perspectives. We will cover theories of the body; entanglements between language, culture and our social conditions of existence; the drawing of borders on bodies, country and nation; reading and writing the body; and how bodies are understood through a range of institutional sites and cultural representations. To understand how knowledge, power, and text work through our bodies, we will focus on intersecting differences between gender, race, sexuality, disability, class, and age, among other identities. Subject materials will include critical theory, film, creative arts that engage with the body (theatre, dance etc), policy, and law.
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
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 15 credit points at first year level
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Kimberlé Crenshaw et. al.
Year: 1996
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Publisher: The New Press
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New French Feminisms:Â An Anthology
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Elaine Marks and Isabelle De Courtivron
Year: 1980
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Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
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The Body Reader: essential social and cultural readings
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut
Year: 2010
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Publisher: New York University Press
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Passing Lines: Sexuality and Immigration
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Brad Epps et. al.
Year: 2005
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Publisher: Harvard University
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The Disability Studies Reader
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Lennard J. Davis
Year: 2016
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Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
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WBL addtional requirements: N/A