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Overview

This course looks at the human body and its representation over time and across diverse contexts. It considers both the human and the body as historically, socially, culturally and politically determined concepts. You will explore different ways that bodies have been interpreted and made meaningful, in particular, via the history … For more content click the Read More button below. Each week, representations of the body will be considered according to a different set of concepts and frameworks. Issues of identity, technology and power will be discussed alongside examples from contemporary art and culture. The course is designed to bring into relief a long interpretative history of sexual practices and the politics of desire.

This course looks at the human body and its representation over time and across diverse contexts. It considers both the human and the body as historically, socially, culturally and politically determined concepts. You will explore different ways that bodies have been interpreted and made meaningful, in particular, via the history of pornography and the emergence of the 'post-pornographic' body. Post-pornography refers to the politics of embodiment in the context of post-humanism, a moment in which sex is understood beyond 'natural' biology and reproductive futurity.

Each week, representations of the body will be considered according to a different set of concepts and frameworks. Issues of identity, technology and power will be discussed alongside examples from contemporary art and culture. The course is designed to bring into relief a long interpretative history of sexual practices and the politics of desire.

Course Outline

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$821
Domestic Students	$4560
International Students	$4560

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Additional Information

This course is offered as General Education.

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School
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Study Level
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Undergraduate

Offering Terms
Depending on the Academic Calendar type, an offering term generally refers to an academic teaching period of between 8-13 weeks in duration.

Term 3

Campus

Paddington

Art, Gender, and Sexuality

DART3320