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Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality (ANTH20008)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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This subject offers a specifically anthropological perspective to understandings of gender and sexuality, providing an empirical, cross-cultural framework with which to evaluate and examine various theoretical perspectives. Topics covered include the influence of an anthropologist's gendered and sexual identity in shaping ethnography, the meaning of heterosexuality in a cross-cultural context, gender and Islam, gender and kinship, gendered experiences of migration, male and female sex tourism, and experiences of masculinity, femininity and third gender categories and identities in the world today. On completion of the subject students should have gained knowledge of gender-based systems of social classification in a global context and through this develop a critical awareness of the representation of women's and men's lives in ethnography.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should:
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of anthropological studies of gender and sexuality
- Communicate effectively in a variety of written and oral formats
- Develop an appreciation of the interplay between theory and ethnography inquiry
- Develop a comparative appreciation of cultural diversity through a range of historically situated and contemporary case studies
Last updated: 18 February 2025