Module ANTH3467: The Politics of Gender and Sexuality

Department: Anthropology

ANTH3467: The Politics of Gender and Sexuality

Prerequisites

• ANTH 2051 Political & Economic Organisation or ANTH 2041 Kinship or ANTH 2091 Cultures & Classifications or LAW 2201 Law Gender & Society or SOCI 2092 Sociological Imaginations

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• SOCI3211 Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

Aims

• Students should acquire a thorough grounding in the history and development of anthropological studies of gender and sexuality.
• Students should understand the potential application of anthropological studies of gender in politics and all areas of policy development.

Content

• Gender Theory
• Political anthropology
• Feminist studies
• Ethnography of Gender and Sexuality
• Theories of the Self and Subjectivity
• Theories of Embodiment

Learning Outcomes

• Critically and comparatively analyze and evaluate anthropological literature on gender and sexuality through the selection and application of appropriate explanatory theory.
• Apply subject related knowledge from the course to the evaluation of current policy related issues.
• Develop the ability to pursue independent research in anthropololgy and related fields.
• Students will develop a sound grasp of a range of key ethnographic works on the politics of gender, sexuality and the body.
• Students will learn differences in the various theoretical strands of feminist theory and the anthropological contribution to the study of gender.

• Critically and comparatively analyse and evaluate anthropological literature on gender, sexuality and embodiment through the selection and application of appropriate explanatory theory.
• Apply subject related knowledge from the course to the evaluation of current policy issues.
• Develop the ability to pursue independent research in anthropology and related fields.
• Critically compare and evaluate ethnographic work in gender and sexuality.
• Built on literature searching skills to develop enhanced ability to filter relevant works.
• Critically view the gender dimension of current political affairs.

• Communicate complex abstract ideas through written work.
• Plan, organise and manage time to meet deadlines.
• Show initiative to independantly find resources on their chosen assessment topics to independantly apply to the evaluation of theory.
• Be computer literate to produce word processed material and access data.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Lectures - guide student reading and introduce key concepts.
• Seminars - develop students' critical evaluation and comparison skills
• Essays - test students' ability to critically analyse appropriate literature and develop a logical argument based on evidence.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Essay plan (2 sides of A4 paper) + formatted bibliography

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University