Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
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
- demonstrate confidence and skill when engaging in high-level academic discussion and debate
- interpret and reflect critically, at an advanced level, on a range of global cultural texts and case studies
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to engage critically with high-level theoretical scholarship.
- advanced conceptualisations, theories and debates around nationhood, culture, identity, imperialism, colonisation, migration and globalisation
- how culture manifests and is disseminated through global exchange and encounter, at an advanced level
- 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:
- manage deadlines and make effective use of your time
- engage in high-level analysis of texts/case studies and arguments
- identify, select and draw upon a wide range of printed and electronic sources
- communicate complex, advanced ideas and arguments in an essay format
- engage in advanced debate around complex, high-level ideas and theories
- reach an advanced level of global and cultural awareness
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Guided independent study | 126 |
Seminar | 24 |
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
Samuels, Ellen (2014). Fantasies of Identification: Disability, Gender, Race.
Davis, Lennard J., ed. (2017). The Disability Studies Reader.
Hall, JR, et al, eds (2010). Routledge Handbook of Cultural Sociology.
Williams, Patrick and Laura Chrisman, eds (1993). Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader.
Paul Gilroy (1993). The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness.
Muñoz, José Esteban (2009). Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity.
Levitt, Peggy, ed. (2008). The Transnational Studies Reader: Intersections and Innovations.
Young, Robert (1981). Untying the Text: A Poststructuralist Reader.
Lemert, Charles et al, eds (2010). Globalization: A Reader.
Williams, Raymond (1989). Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society.
Cabral, Amílcar (1972). The role of culture in the struggle for independence / O papel da cultura na luta pela independência.
Edelman, Lee (2004). No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive.
Longhurst, Brian et al, eds (2008). Introducing Cultural Studies.
Couldry, Nick (2000). Inside Culture: Re-imagining the Method of Cultural Studies.
Kafer, Alison (2013). Feminist, Queer, Crip.
Hall, Stuart, ed. (1997). Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices.
Yuval-Davis, Nira (1997). Gender and Nation.
Billig, Michael (1995). Banal Nationalism.
Davis, Angela Y. (1981). Women, Race and Class.
Cohen, Robin (2001). Global Diasporas: An Introduction.
Mbembe, Achille (2013). Critique of Black Reason / Critique de la raison nègre.
McGrew, Tony, Stuart Hall and David Held, eds (1992). Modernity and its Futures: Understanding Modern Societies.
Anderson, Benedict (1983). Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism.
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