Pornography, Art and Politics - GEND3232
 
Faculty: College of Fine Arts
 
 
School:  School of Art History and Theory
 
 
Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Excluded:SAHT2643,SAHT9133.
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description


This course will explore the boundary between art and pornography and the social function of that boundary in western society. It will look at the ways in which bodies are eroticised and/or designated as 'pornographic' or perverse. Concepts such as fetishization, voyeurism, sadism and masochism will be discussed in relation to art history and contemporary art practice. The politics of pornography will be debated in relation to such issues as gender/feminism, child sexuality, censorship and AIDS.

Note/s: Lecture/tutorial/seminar. Kensington Campus.

Excluded: SAHT2643

Course Outline