GENDER 208

Thinking Gender


Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for GENDER 208.

Description

Interdisciplinary examination of feminist theories of gender and sexuality. Focuses on contemporary issues, debates, and practices, while grounding them in foundational theories and investigating how these issues and debates play out across disciplines and practices. Examples include the perils of identity politics, tensions between feminist and queer theories, the politics of representation, and gender justice in a globalised world.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for GENDER 208.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

This course is not available for students studying remotely, outside Auckland or offshore in 2023.

Availability 2023

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Carisa Showden

Points

GENDER 208: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points passed

Restrictions

GENDER 308