Genders & Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (GEND2001)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School
History,Philos,Religion&Class
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
2 Lecture hours
Incompatible
ROML2370
Prerequisite
#8 Arts courses
Assessment methods
One essay (end-of-semester), class presentation
Course enquiries
Doctor Cassandra Byrnes (Semester 2, St Lucia, In person)
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
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Course description
NOT 2009 Aims to give insights into how gender issues influence cultural production across a variety of cultural genres. The course's main focus is on the notions of gender and sexuality, and their various interpretations and associated practice, in a number of cultures around the world. The course introduces the historical development of those notions in Western thought, and their various and successive reinventions by feminist-thinkers and queer theoreticians, drawing on the disciplines of Women's studies, Men's studies and GLBT studies. All this material is then contrasted with similar developments in countries such as Japan, China, Indonesia, France, Spain, Mexico and Brazil.
