SAN777 Sex, Intimacy, Anthropology

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Nekorjak, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Souralová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Souralová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 18:00–19:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 250 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/250, only registered: 0/250, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/250
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain various modes imagination and praxis of sex and geder in human societies, their cultural performances and to the place of the phenomena in general social and political context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course
  • 2. Anthropology of sex: sex, gender, and sexual behavior in intercultural perspetive
  • 3. Diana Fabiánová - The Moon Inside You, 2009
  • 4. Mermaide and Minotaurus. Organs and orgasms. Eggs and sperms. Man and woman.
  • 5. Circumcision
  • 6. Sexuality and language
  • 7. Reading week
  • 8. Sexuality and migration: au pair
  • 9. Homosexuality and heterosexuality
  • 10. Sex, materiality and consumption
  • 11. Briefs, tradition, nation. Politickal consequences of underwear
  • 12. Sex and geopolitics. Sexual turism
Literature
    required literature
  • VRHEL, František and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 4: Antropologie sexuality: Sociokulturní hledisko. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 80 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2821-1. info
  • SKUPNIK, Jaroslav and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 7: Manželství a sexualita z antropologické perspektivy. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 76 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2840-8. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Mid-term test, final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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