SOCb3001 Introduction to gender studies

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 Aula
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 45/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 7 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.
Learning outcomes
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. critical reading analytical thinking academic writing skills
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
  • Sex, gender and society (Orig.) : Pohlaví, gender a společnost. 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.
  • 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.
  • BADINTER, Elisabeth. Materská láska :od 17. storočia po súčasnosť. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Aspekt, 1998. 277 s. ISBN 80-85549-04-2.
  • CONNELL, Raewyn. Gender : in world perspective. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity, 2009, xi, 180. ISBN 9780745645674. info
  • OAKLEY, Ann. Experiments in knowing :gender and methods in the social sciences. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2000, viii, 402. ISBN 0-7456-2257-7. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, position papers, reading
Assessment methods
reading abstracts, test, final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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