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301013 (v.2) Cultures, Identities, Texts (Identity and Difference) 211
Area: | Department of Communication and Cultural Studies |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Exploration of the interface between subjective positions and social and cultural contexts. The body and difference, personal, local, global and national identities, communities and diasporas, multiculturalism, social meanings and cultural myths. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Established cultural studies definitions of modernity/modernisation. Enabled an understanding of the emergence of modern thought through a recognition of key moments, intellectual movements and figures, the establishment of the idea of Europe, the scientific revolution, the enlightenment, the industrial revolution, the philosophies. Examined the key texts of modernity intertextually. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Bullock, Alan. et al. (1977), The fontana dictionary of modern thought (second edition). London, Fontana. Gibaldi, Joseph. (1999), MLA handbook for writers of research papers (fifth edition). New York, Modern Language Association of America. |
Unit Texts: | Dickens, Charles. (1986), Selected short fiction. Harmondsworth, Penguin. Hall, Stuart. and Gieben, Bram. (eds.) (1992), Formations of modernity. Oxford, Polity - Open University Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Module questions 30%, Participation and preparation 10%, Research assignment 35%, Tutorial discussion 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Essential | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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