his3scs sex, crime and scandal history of sexuality

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 Students will conduct a research project based on historical documents gaining valuable research skills.

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorRuth Ford

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Exchange StudentsNo

Available as ElectiveNo

Learning ActivitiesN/A

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

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

Co-requisitesN/A

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Learning resources

The Sex Lives of Australians: A History

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementPrescribed

AuthorBongiorno, F

Year2012

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PublisherBLACK INC

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Making Sexual History

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementPrereading

AuthorWeeks, J.

Year2000

Edition/VolumeN/A

PublisherPOLITY PRESS

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Histories of Sexuality

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementPrereading

AuthorGarton, S.

Year2004

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PublisherEQUINOX

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Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

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Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Analyse ethical and/or cultural issues raised by research into a historical topic.

02. Analyse the balance of continuity and change in a past, and show how present contexts, including their own, can alter views of a past

03. Evaluate historians' lines of arguments and use of sources in relation to a particular historical problem, placing all in their contexts and reflecting on strengths and weaknesses of other historians' accounts.

04. In a team and individually, identify and reflect on the use of primary and sources: the student's own, and other historians'

05. In a team and/or individually, produce an original historical work in response to a topic or debate.

06. In a team and/or individually, write a sustained historical argument or narrative.

07. In a team and/or individually, write or present orally or in multimedia an aspect of the past offering a sustained narrative, referenced in accomplished ways, assimilating many secondary and primary sources.

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