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'Family Values' in the 21st Century - GEN320

Family values are frequently invoked in Australia and other nations as a conservative counterbalance to shifts in the relations between the sexes, and other dimensions of difference, such as 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 challenges faced by contemporary families require new solutions. By exploring issues such as the gendered division of labour, marriage, work and family, divorce, and care work, this unit will introduce conceptual frameworks to help students make sense of the changing landscapes of families in our increasingly globalising world.

Credit Points: 3
When Offered:

S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day

S2 External - Session 2, External (On-campus dates: None)

Staff Contact(s): Dr Kumiko Kawashima
Prerequisites:

39cp or (admission to GDipArts and (GEN312 or SOC317)) Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): GEN310, WST310
Unit Designation(s):

Social Science

Unit Type:
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Sociology

Faculty of Arts

Timetable Information

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