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304153 (v.2) Gender, Culture and Media in East Asia 300
Area: | Department of Languages and Intercultural Education |
Credits: | 50.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 304152 (v.2) Gender, Culture and Media in East Asia 200 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Skills to read media texts of Asian countries with a particular emphasis on China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. A critical perspective on the gendered dimensions of media cultures in East Asia. Asian language students may use language skills to focus on media in an East Asian country. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- An understanding of the major genres of popular cultural forms in selected Asian countries. An understanding of the major concepts necessary for an analysis of Asian popular cultures and the ablity to apply these concepts to a critical understanding of writings on Asian cultural studies. Been able to locate scholarly information on Asian cultural studies from a range of printed and electronic sources and carry out a research project on Asian popular cultural texts. |
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: | Betterton, R. (ed.) (1987) Looking On: Images of Femininity in the Visual Arts and Media, London, Pandora. Bonner, F. et al (eds) (1992) Imagining Women: Cultural Representations and Gender, Cambridge, Polity Press. Grewal, I. and Kaplan, C. (eds) (1994) Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices, Minneapolis, Minnesota University Press. Kim, E.H. and Choi, C. (1998) Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism, London, Routledge. Kondo, D (1997) About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theatre, New York, Routledge. Lent, J.A. (1995) Asian Popular Culture, Boulder, Colorado, Westview Press. Maidment, R.and Mackerras, C. (eds) (1998) Society and Culture in the Asia-Pacific, London, Routledge. Martinez, D.P. (ed.) (1998) The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Vervoorn, A. (1998) ReOrient: Change in Asian Societies, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Wilson, R. and Dirlik, A. (eds) (1995) Asia/Pacific as Space of Cultural Production, Durham and London, Duke University Press. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Media Analysis 25%, Research Project 50%, Tutorial Journal 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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