ATS2560 · Breaking binaries: How gender is lived and theorised

Overview

In this unit you will explore how gender is theorised, embodied, and lived in social life. You will be introduced to a range of exciting contemporary feminist theories and contextualise these within histories of feminist and queer thought and political action. You will critically analyse fundamental feminist theories of gender, bodies and sexual difference, and how they help us to understand and critique binary thinking around gender, the cultural and social regulation of shifting forms of gendered identities and performance and the norms of sex, reproduction and desire. Topics covered include sexed bodies and science, gendered violences, gender at work, intersections of race, sex and gender, and gendered futures.

Areas of study: Sociology Gender studies

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Identify and explain key concepts in gender theory and contemporary feminist theories;
2. Explain how patterns of gender operate in social structures and critically analyse the social and political effects that emerge;
3. Critically read and analyse theoretical texts and apply this knowledge to everyday social contexts;
4. Use evidence to develop and sustain theoretical arguments related to gender and sociological theory;
5. Communicate theoretical concepts clearly and effectively.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.