Bi2BP_ALS Anthropology of human sexuality

Faculty of Education
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martina Jančová, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 4. 4. to Tue 16. 5. Tue 9:20–11:00 učebna 50
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!NOWANY( SZ6063 Antropology of Human Sexuality )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students: explain the sexual dimorphism in the human appearance and behavior, understand the patterns of sexual and erotic behavior, rituals, and institutions, are able to discuss the concepts of behavior and respect for those confines and peculiarity during encounters between different cultures in today's globalizing world.
Syllabus
  • 1. The biology of sexuality – phylogeny and ontogeny of human sexual behavior, sexual development, response to olfactory stimuli. 2. Sexual behavior – identification, orientation, emotions, sexual behaviour in childhood and adolescence, sexual hormones and sexuality. 3. Human nature of cultural and anthropological point of view. 4. Marriage-definition, forms, sexuality. 5. The incestuous taboo and the rules of selection of partners. 7. Sexual behavior of primates and its importance for the emergence of sexuality in the evolution of the Hominoidea. 8. The diversity of the culture and customs, the genitals – male and female circumcision, castration, hemicastration, piercing, hair removal ... 9. Monogamy, polygamy, polyandry. Jealousy, infidelity, war of sperm – a strategy of man, women strategy. 10. Family – the core family and other forms, characteristics, advantages, disadvantages, extension.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Gray, P. B. (2013): Evolution and Human Sexuality. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 57:94-118
  • ZVĚŘINA, Jaroslav. Lékařská sexuologie. 1. vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2012, 83 stran. ISBN 9788024620497. info
  • VACEK, Zdeněk. Embryologie : učebnice pro studenty lékařství a oborů všeobecná sestra a porodní asistentka. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006, 255 s. ISBN 9788024712673. info
  • VANČATA, Václav, Marina VANČATOVÁ and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 10: Sexualita primátů. Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 92 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2865-3. info
  • 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
  • ZVĚŘINA, Jaroslav and Jaroslav MALINA. Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie 5: Sexuologie pro antropology (Panorama of biological and sociocultural anthropology 5: Sexuology for anthropologists). Editor: Jaroslav Malina. Brno (CZ): Nadace Universitas Masarykiana v Brně, nakladatelství a vydavatelství Nauma v Brně, 2002, 68 pp. Modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie. ISBN 80-210-2822-X. 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
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  • • PLZÁK, Miroslav (2011). Taktika a strategie v lásce. Motto, 232 s. ISBN 978-80-7246-565-1
  • • Bishop, Clifford Osthelder, Xenia, ed. (2001): Sexualia: From Prehistory to Cyberspace. Köln am Rhein: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
  • • BAKER, Robin (2005). Válka spermií. Jota. 296 s. ISBN 80-7217-363-4
  • • MORRIS, Desmond (1997)). Intimate Behavior: A Zoologist's Classic Study of Human Intimacy. Kodansha Globe. 393 s. ISBN: 3669363639
  • OTOVÁ, Berta and Romana MIHALOVÁ. Základy biologie a genetiky člověka. 1. vyd. V Praze: Karolinum, 2012, 227 s. ISBN 9788024621098. info
  • PONDĚLÍČKOVÁ-MAŠLOVÁ, Jaroslava and Jan RABOCH. O sexualitě a partnerských vztazích. První vydání. Praha: Galén, 2005, 196 stran. ISBN 8072623230. info
  • MORRIS, Desmond. Lidský živočich : osobní pohled na lidský druh. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Euromedia Group, 1997, 223 s. ISBN 8071765295. info
  • ZVĚŘINA, Jaroslav. Lékařská sexuologie. Praha: Nakladatelství odborné literatury H&H, 1991, 233 s. ISBN 8085467046. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, reading
Assessment methods
collective oral discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018.
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