This subject explores further some of the main concepts and methods of the field of cultural studies introduced in Rethinking Culture. It presents critical readings in the three broad areas: techniques of cultural memory (such as the photograph and the Australian landscape), cultural poetics, concepts and methods (such as 'new-anthropology', critical ethnography, feminist poetics and Asian studies), and techniques of cultural performance (such as comedy, dance music culture, and youth culture).
Spring semester, City campus
Students completing this subject as an 8cp elective enrol in 50229 Contemporary Cultures.
2008 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $636.88
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2008 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,100.00
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Subject EFTSL: 0.125