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THEA318 Minorities and Majorities in Australian Theatre

Updated: 16 April 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Online level Level D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
14 September 2009 17 September 2009 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites any 36 cp or 12 cp in THEA units
Co-requisites None
Restrictions THEA218
Notes

offered in odd numbered years

Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Adrian Kiernander (akiernan@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit explores issues of power and identity (including gender, race, class and sexuality) within the context of recent Australian Theatre. Some of the topics to be covered are: women's theatre; multicultural theatre; Aboriginal theatre; and gay and lesbian theatre. On average there are one hour of lectures and two hours of tutorials/workshops/rehearsals per week. There is one mandatory intensive school for off-campus students in this unit.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

The 7 Stages of Grieving
ISBN: 9780908156535
Enoch, W. and Mailman, D., Playlab Press 1996
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Three Plays by Asian Australians
ISBN: 9780908156597
Batchelor, D. (ed), Playlab Press 2000
Note: For Chinese Take Away by Anna Yen
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Plays of the 70s: Volume 2
ISBN: 9780868195520
Brisbane, K. (ed), Currency Press Vol. 2 1999
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Blak Inside: 6 Indigenous Plays from Victoria
ISBN: 9780868196626
Anderson, T. and others, Currency Press 2002
Note: For Conversations with the Dead by Richard Frankland
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Aftershocks
ISBN: 9780868196503
Brown, P. and the Workers' Cultural Action Committee Currency Press 1993
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Mongrels
ISBN: 9780868193632
Enright, N., Currency Press 1994
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Toy Symphony
ISBN: 9780868198286
Gow, M., Currency Press 2008
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Australian Women's Drama: Texts and Feminisms
ISBN: 9780868194974
Tait, P. and Schafer, E. (eds), Currency Press 1997
Note: For Running Up a Dress by Suzanne Spunner, The Forty Lounge Cafe by Tes Lyssiotis and Historia by Noelle Janacewska
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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