SOCY372 Sex, Gender, Bodies
Updated: 12 December 2006| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
| Offering |
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| Online level | Level C - Internet access required | |||||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | |||||||||
| Supervised Exam | June | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | 12 cp in Sociology or 12 cp in Communication Studies or 12 cp in Women's and Gender Studies or PHPW 310 | |||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Restrictions | SOCY 272, 472 | |||||||||
| Notes | None | |||||||||
| Combined Units |
SOCY472 - Sex, Gender, Bodies |
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| Coordinator(s) | Kerry Carrington (kcarring@une.edu.au) | |||||||||
| Unit Description |
This unit explores sex, gender and bodies in contemporary society using texts on feminism and masculinity studies. Readings in the sociology of the body will form a core theoretical component. Topics and areas of debate vary from year to year but will include issues such as: adolescence and sexuality, male and female bodies, body image, sporting bodies, technobodies/cyborgs, pornography, prostitution, transsexualism, clitoridectomy, pregnancy and adolescent sexuality. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | |||||||||
| Recommended Material Optional |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | |||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |