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ENG0060 Introducing Gender
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ARTS
Credit Points: 15
 
Description:

This introductory unit approaches the study of gender both as an academic practice and as a feature of our everyday lives.  The unit introduces students to the history and meanings of many of the terms used in the analysis of gender, and to a range of understandings of how gender is produced. In addition, it introduces students to ways of reading and ways of seeing gender in visual and written texts, and provides an overview of some of the most influential recent writing on gender and bodies.



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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014