GEN103 Gender Structure of Society I.

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Hynková, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Iva Šmídová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 exP52
Prerequisites
GEN101 Sociological Theories of Gender
basic knowledge from the course: Sociological theories of gender
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 58 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/58, only registered: 0/58, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/58
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce and critically review selected core social institutions using basic theoretical and methodological tools of gender analysis. The gendered society and axes of its stratification, mechanisms of engemndering the institutions and their re/production are the core skills students learn to use in the semminars. The topics and institutions analysed in this term of the course (to be followed by GEN 106) are: Institutions and gender relations, Dimensions of gender, Gender relations and structures, Public representations of gender – media and language; the beauty myth and violence; Normativne social institutions: family, (hetero)sexuality, educational system, labour market
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 Public representations of gender - the beauty myth and violence Normativne social institutions: family Normativne social institutions: (hetero)sexuality Normativne social institutions: educational system Normativne social institutions: labour market Empirical fieldwork instructioin and feedback
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
Assessment methods
reading abstracts, presentations, field work and written report, test; active semminar discussion based on the assigned literature
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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