SEX, CRIME AND SCANDAL: HISTORY OF SEXUALITY
HIS3SCS
Not currently offered
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 Students will conduct a research project based on historical documents gaining valuable research skills.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Ruth Ford
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 45 credit points of second-year history or coordinator's approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
The Sex Lives of Australians: A History
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Bongiorno, F
Year: 2012
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Publisher: BLACK INC
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Making Sexual History
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prereading
Author: Weeks, J.
Year: 2000
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Publisher: POLITY PRESS
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Histories of Sexuality
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prereading
Author: Garton, S.
Year: 2004
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Publisher: EQUINOX
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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
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A