The Lucky Country
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1964
Z1005731
1964
single work
non-fiction
(taught in 2 units)
Objectives
1. Understanding of the ways in which a variety of disciplines can be drawn upon to understand Australias past and present
2. Comprehend the nature of Australian Studies as an interdisciplinary methodology
3. Ability to work within a student cohort to develop an understanding of the study of Australia
Hurdle requirement: students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day; after five days, no late assessment will be accepted. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.
Prescribed and essential texts are listed above. The broader reading list will include: Steven Angelides and Barbara Baird, Histories of Sexualities. Larissa Behrendt, Achieving Social Justice: Indigenous Rights and Australia's Future. Judith Brett and Anthony Moran, Ordinary People's Politics. Susan Carruthers, The Media at War. David Carter, Dispossession, Dreams and Diversity. Inga Clendinnen, The History Question: Who Owns the Past?. Tim Flannery, Country. Patricia Grimshaw et al, Creating a Nation. Ghassan Hage, Against Paranoid Nationalism. Clive Hamilton, Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough. Peter A Jackson and Gerrard Sullivan, Multicultural Queer: Australian Perspectives. Phillip Knightley, The First Casualty. Mark Peel, The Lowest Rung. Richard White, Inventing Australia
