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'Family Values' in the 21st Century - GEN320
Family values are increasingly invoked in Australia and other nations as a conservative counterbalance to shifts in the relations between the sexes, and other dimensions of difference, such has race, ethnicity, sexuality, class and age. Whilst the rhetoric of family values appears to want to return us to an earlier era in our thinking and social structures, such a transformation of the world is taking place that is impossible to get back to the way things were. It is imperative to explore the changed and changing landscapes of our social, economic and political life, popular culture, and experience of home and work, in order to grasp these changes in our globalising world. This unit explores the rhetoric of family values across a range of fields, through topics such as career vs family, international adoption, gay marriage, and international division of reproductive labour, among others.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day S2 External - Session 2, External (On-campus dates: Voluntary) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Kumiko Kawashima |
| Prerequisites: |
39cp or admission to GDipArts
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| NCCW(s): | GEN310, WST310 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Sociology Faculty of Arts |
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