2010/11 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SLSP2140 Gender, Race and Culture

20 creditsClass Size: 45

Module manager: Dr Shirley Tate
Email: S.A.Tate@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2010/11

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally at least 40 credits at UG Level 1 in a social science or related subject

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

The intersectionality of gender, 'race' and culture will be stressed throughout the module within an analytical framework which draws on Cultural Theory and Postcolonial Studies.On successful completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate understandings of debates within Sociology, Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies on gender, 'race' and culture and their implications for matters of identity, politics, representation, theory and everyday understandings.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- identify key theoretical concepts in the study of gender, 'race' and culture
- understand the critical debates surrounding gender, 'race' and culture
- critically analyse cultural forms and practices from an intersectional - gender and 'race' - perspective
- review and critically appraise writing on gender, 'race' and culture
- synthesise information and knowledge from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives
- use the above to produce a critical essay which addresses key arguments and debates within the field of gender, 'race' and culture.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will gain knowledge of:
- a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary viewpoints on gender, 'race' and culture
- a range of methodologies deployed in the study of gender, 'race' and culture
- a range of theoretical concepts on gender, 'race' and culture
- key contemporary issues pertinent to the interdisciplinary study of gender, 'race' and culture.

Syllabus

- What is culture?
- Black feminist thought on gender, 'race' and culture
- 'Raced' and gendered bodies
- Orientalism
- Gender and whiteness in (post)colonial times
- Representations and racialization
- 'Mixed race', identity, difference
- Beauty and racialization
- Trafficking in Black bodies
- Third World and Chicana feminisms: culture, difference and border thinking
- Revision.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Tutorial	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			179.00
Total Contact hours			21.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

- Preparation reading for sessions 11x10 hours = 110 hours
- Preparation for assessment = 69 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Attendance at seminars
- Participation and engagement during seminars.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	2,500 words	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 13/02/2012

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