Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how culture manifests and is disseminated through global exchange and encounter, at an advanced level
- advanced conceptualisations, theories and debates around nationhood, culture, identity, imperialism, colonisation, migration and globalisation
- how to engage critically with high-level theoretical scholarship.
- working and thinking globally and across cultures, at an advanced level
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- communicate complex, advanced ideas and arguments in an essay format
- manage deadlines and make effective use of your time
- identify, select and draw upon a wide range of printed and electronic sources
- engage in advanced debate around complex, high-level ideas and theories
- engage in high-level analysis of texts/case studies and arguments
- reach an advanced level of global and cultural awareness
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- employ critical and cultural theory in high-level analysis of cultural trends, narratives and texts
- evaluate advanced theoretical approaches to nationhood, culture, power and identity
- interpret and reflect critically, at an advanced level, on a range of global cultural texts and case studies
- demonstrate confidence and skill when engaging in high-level academic discussion and debate
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Seminar | 24 |
Guided independent study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Collins, Patricia Hill (1998). It’s all in the family: intersections of gender, race, and nation. Hypatia, 13(3), pp. 62-82.
Textbooks
Paul Gilroy (1993). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness.
Hall, JR, et al, eds (2010). Routledge Handbook of Cultural Sociology.
Davis, Angela Y. (1981). Women, Race and Class.
Cabral, Amílcar (1972). The role of culture in the struggle for independence / O papel da cultura na luta pela independência.
Lemert, Charles et al, eds (2010). Globalization: A Reader.
Cohen, Robin (2001). Global Diasporas: An Introduction.
Billig, Michael (1995). Banal Nationalism.
Davis, Lennard J., ed. (2017). The Disability Studies Reader.
Williams, Patrick and Laura Chrisman, eds (1993). Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader.
Edelman, Lee (2004). No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive.
Kafer, Alison (2013). Feminist, Queer, Crip.
Williams, Raymond (1989). Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society.
Anderson, Benedict (1983). Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism.
Hall, Stuart, ed. (1997). Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices.
Muñoz, José Esteban (2009). Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity.
Young, Robert (1981). Untying the Text: A Poststructuralist Reader.
Levitt, Peggy, ed. (2008). The Transnational Studies Reader: Intersections and Innovations.
Couldry, Nick (2000). Inside Culture: Re-imagining the Method of Cultural Studies.
Mbembe, Achille (2013). Critique of Black Reason / Critique de la raison nègre.
Samuels, Ellen (2014). Fantasies of Identification: Disability, Gender, Race.
Longhurst, Brian et al, eds (2008). Introducing Cultural Studies.
McGrew, Tony, Stuart Hall and David Held, eds (1992). Modernity and its Futures: Understanding Modern Societies.
Yuval-Davis, Nira (1997). Gender and Nation.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Coursework plan
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Appropriate feedback will be provided.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External