13443 (v.2) Anthropology 229 - World of Women - Their Position in Contemporary Societies

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

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Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

    7367 (v.4) Anthropology 111 - The Anthropological Imagination
    OR
    1973 (v.4) Anthropology 112 - Social and Cultural Anthropology in a Changing World

Syllabus:

The position of women in different contemporary societies around the world. Exploration of issues relating to region, nation, class, ethnicity, kinship and sexuality through topics such as politics and religion. Study of particular effects of globalisation, modernity and 'development' on the lives of women. Similarities in the differences between the lives of women of diverse backgrounds.

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Field of Education:

090303 Anthropology

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External