GEN103 Gender Structure of Society I.

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Jarkovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lucia Moravanská (assistant)
Mgr. Apolónia Pecka Sejková (assistant)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 13:30–15:00 P52
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 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/70, only registered: 0/70, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/70
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 18 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce and critically review social institutions. Students will be able to use basic theoretical and methodological tools of gender analysis. The students will acquire the skills of identifying and defining of gender relevant social problems and inequalities. They will be able to evaluate gender aspects of institutions as family, school, labor market or media.
Syllabus
  • Institutions and gender relations
  • Dimensions of gender
  • Gender local and global, private and public
  • Gender relations and structures
  • Public representations of gender – media and language
  • Gendered violence
  • Normativne social institutions: family
  • Normativne social institutions: (hetero)sexuality
  • Normativne social institutions: educational system
  • Normativne social institutions: labour market
Literature
  • Gender. Edited by Raewyn Connell. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002, viii, 173. ISBN 0745627161. info
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Nadvláda mužů. Edited by Miloslav Petrusek, Translated by Věra Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2000, 145 s. ISBN 8071847755. info
  • CONNELL, R. W. Gender and power : society, the person and sexual politics. 1st pub. Cambridge: Policy Press, 1998, xvii, 334. ISBN 0-7456-0467-6. info
  • BADINTER, Elisabeth. Materská láska :od 17. storočia po súčasnosť. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Aspekt, 1998, 277 s. ISBN 80-85549-04-2. info
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Teorie jednání. Translated by Věra Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 179 s. ISBN 8071845183. info
  • MARTIN, Emily. The woman in the body :a cultural analysis of reproduction. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992, xx, 276 s. ISBN 0-8070-4619-1. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, position papers, reading
Assessment methods
reading abstracts, test, final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět j určen přednostně studujícím bakalářských programů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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