Studying online (if an online offering is shown below)
There are now 2 possible online modes for units:
Units with modes Online timetabled and Online flexible are available for any student to self-enrol and study online.
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Unit Overview
- Description
Understandings of the body have profound implications for how we live and work as gendered, sexed, and raced subjects. This unit investigates the way bodies have been 'read' over time and place, through medical, scientific, legal, literary and philosophical discourses, paying particular attention to the sexed body and the future of embodiment. It investigates the way bodies are constructed through narrative tropes or social conventions and also considers the role of the body in reading or interpreting, which are themselves embodied activities. Examples of texts explored include poems, dance, film, short stories, performance art, comic strips, stand-up comedy and art activism; and the theoretical framework is interdisciplinary, drawing from literary theory, sociology, philosophy, history, anthropology, and the medical humanities. From the werewolf to the cyborg; fairytales to science fiction; ecofeminism to steampunk: this unit tells the story of how embodiment has been thought, shaped and lived, and considers what this may mean for the future of embodied life. It makes for an absorbing broadening unit for anyone with a body.
- Credit
- 6 points
- Offering
(see Timetable) Availability Location Mode Semester 2 UWA (Perth) Face to face - Details for undergraduate courses
- Level 1 core unit in the Gender Studies major sequence
- Level 1 option in the English and Literary Studies; Humanities in Health and Medicine major sequences
- Level 1 elective
- Outcomes
Students are able to (1) identify and contextualise dominant discourses about the body in Western culture and scholarship
; (2) apply theories of the body to textual examples and lived experience
; (3) analyse any methodology (such as reading or writing) as an embodied process which sediments a particular understanding of the body; (4) demonstrate a capacity to recognise and articulate patterns of representation that recur across diverse texts or genres; (5) confidently evaluate and use concepts associated with literary, philosophical, sociological and feminist scholarship about the body
; and (6) deploy theories of the lived body to cultivate and demonstrate self-awareness.
- Assessment
Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) anthology assessment; (2) participation and engagement; and (3)
take-home assessment. Further information is available in the unit outline.
Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.
- Unit Coordinator(s)
- Dr Jessica Murray
- Contact hours
- up to 3 hours per week
- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.
- All students are responsible for identifying when they need assistance to improve their academic learning, research, English language and numeracy skills; seeking out the services and resources available to help them; and applying what they learn. Students are encouraged to register for free online support through GETSmart; to help themselves to the extensive range of resources on UWA's STUDYSmarter website; and to participate in WRITESmart and (ma+hs)Smart drop-ins and workshops.
- Visit the Essential Textbooks website to see if any textbooks are required for this Unit. The website is updated regularly so content may change. Students are recommended to purchase Essential Textbooks, but a limited number of copies of all Essential Textbooks are held in the Library in print, and as an ebook where possible. Recommended readings for the unit can be accessed in Unit Readings directly through the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Contact hours provide an indication of the type and extent of in-class activities this unit may contain. The total amount of student work (including contact hours, assessment time, and self-study) will approximate 150 hours per 6 credit points.
Face to face
Predominantly face-to-face. On campus attendance required to complete this unit. May have accompanying resources online.
Online flexible
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit is asynchronous delivery, with NO requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online timetabled
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit includes some synchronous components, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online Restricted
Not available for self-enrolment. Students access this mode by contacting their student office through AskUWA. 100% Online Unit.
NO campus face-to-face attendance. All study and assessment requirements are online only. Unit includes some timetabled activities, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times. In exceptional cases (noted in the Handbook) students may be required to participate in face-to-face laboratory classes when a return to UWA’s Crawley campus becomes possible in order to be awarded a final grade.
External
No attendance or regular contact is required, and all study requirements are completed either via correspondence and/or online submission.
Off-campus
Regular attendance is not required, but student attends the institution face to face on an agreed schedule for purposes of supervision and/or instruction.
Multi-mode
Multiple modes of delivery. Unit includes a mix of online and on-campus study requirements. On campus attendance for some activities is required to complete this unit.