Course

Anzac Revisited: War and Gender - ARTS2195

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Humanities and Languages

Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1 including ARTS1190, ARTS1270, or ARTS1900

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

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Description

Subject Area: Australian Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: History, Women's and Gender Studies

This course introduces you to the complex relationships between gender and war, particularly as they have contributed to the creation of an Australian identity.Combining theme and chronology, stretching from the Boer War to Afghanistan, course topics include: representing the soldier; sex and gender on the home fronts; disability and trauma; POWs and the challenge to masculinity; nursing, volunteers and the Red Cross; sexuality in the military; gender and pacifism; Anzac and the shifting perspective of its feminist critics; war, gender and memory.
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