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Art and Cultural Difference - SAHT2212
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Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

The conceptualisation of difference, diversity and multiplicity, both within and across cultural boundaries, has occupied a central position in the historical trajectory of Art, particularly since the end of World War II and the advent of a variety of neo and postcolonialisms. Topics covered include the relationship of theories of ethnicity, gender, race, class, culture, knowledge and power to the complex history and practices of art. These will be addressed by critically examining Adorno, Benjamin, Freud, Irigaray and Marx, and theorists and artists of colonial struggle such as Kahlo, Rivera, Sartre and Fanon. The implications for art of such contemporary issues as multiculturalism will also be included.

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