This course examines health and illness as embodied experiences profoundly influenced by cultural norms of gender and sexuality and by contemporary notions of risk and self-management. It will combine theoretical explorations of the body, subjectivity and risk with case studies of reproductive health, sexual dysfunction, ‘male’ and ‘female’ cancers, and body image disorders. The course will also examine different representations of illness and disease and the meanings they produce. How is the disordered body represented in genres such as medical imaging, documentary photography and illness autobiographies?
Indicative Assessment
3,000 - 4,000 words of written work and tutorial participation (100%).
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Workload
Normally offered in alternate years
10 x 1.5 hour lectures, 3 x 2 hour lecture/activity sessions and 12 x 1 hour tutorials
Lectures will be taped.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Preliminary Reading
* Shildrick Margrit with Janet Price (1999) 'Openings on the Body: A Critical Introduction' in Janet Price and Margrit Shildrick (eds), Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader.
* Bordo, Susan (1993) ‘Whose Body is This? Feminism, Medicine and the Conceptualization of Eating Disorders in Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body.
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $2718 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3876 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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