ROM0B140 Czech Queer History

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2018
Rozsah
1/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
PhDr. Jan Seidl, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Ústav románských jazyků a literatur – Filozofická fakulta
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav románských jazyků a literatur – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
St 12:00–13:40 D22
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
During last 150 years, a period corresponding roughly to the existence of a „modern homosexual“ identity in Europe, several millions of non-heterosexual people have lived in what is now the Czech Republic. The aim of this course is to provide students with a systematic insight into the past of this country from the perspective of the situation of these people, be their respective identities labeled as „sodomites“, „urnings“, „tribadists“, „homosexuals“, „lesbians“, „gays“ or, most recently, „queers“. Since about 20 years ago, this focus has produced quite a large amount of research in the historiography of the Czech Lands, which will thus make it possible to address a rich range of topics during the course.
Osnova
  • During the course, students gain insight, from various perspectives, into the developments of the situation of non-heterosexual people in the past of the Czech Lands, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lectures will be structured around these axes:

    (1) Issues of identity (construction of the homosexual subject: role of medicine, media freedom, foreign influences, trans-generational tradition etc.; medical experiments aimed at the „treatment“ of homosexuality)
    (2) Persecution of homosexuality (judicial persecution based on the Criminal Code of 1852, extra-judicial persecution during the WWII, forms of discrimination during the Communist era)
    (3) Emancipatory movements (first attempts before 1918, the Czechoslovak League for Sexual Reform in the 1930s, limited possibilities for civic activism between 1948-1989, contemporary Czech LGBT movement after 1989)
    (4) Everyday life (with a focus on the 1930s and 1940s, based on archival sources produced by police institutions, and on the 1960s to 1980s, based on oral history research)
    (5) Homosexuality in arts (depiction of homosexual experience in Czech literature, theatre, cinema and the visual arts; popular culture as a source of „gay folklore“)

    For the needs of international students, the issues addressed will be, as necessary, set within a broader context of the Czech history. Comparison to other national contexts will be encouraged.

    The course stems from a long-term research interest and published works of the lecturer (inter alia, co-founder of the Society for Queer Memory in Prague).
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • SEIDL, Jan, Ruth JOCHANAN WEINIGER, Ladislav ZIKMUND a Lukáš NOZAR. Queer Prague. A Guide to the LGBT History of the Czech Capital. Brno: Černé pole, 2014, 172 s. info
    doporučená literatura
  • CORNWALL, Mark. The Devil's Wall. The nationalist youth mission of Heinz Rutha. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012. 352 p. ISBN 9780674064898.
  • SEIDL, Jan. Decriminalization of Homosexual Acts in Czechoslovakia in 1961. In Vērdiņš, Kārlis; Ozoliņš, Jānis. Queer Stories of Europe. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016, s. 174-193. ISBN 978-1-4438-9790-7. info
  • RADZISZEWSKI, Karol (ed.). DIK Fagazine no. 9 (Czechoslovakia Issue). 2014.
  • SOKOLOVÁ, Věra. State approaches to homosexuality and non-heterosexual lives in Czechoslovakia during state socialism. In Havelková, H., Oates-Ondruchová, L.: The Politics of Gender Culture under State Socialism. London: Routledge, 2014, s. 82-108.
  • SOKOLOVÁ, Věra: Representations of Homosexuality and the Separation of Gender and Sexuality in the Czech Republic Before and After 1989, in: Isaacs, Ann Katherine (ed.): Political systems and definitions of gender roles, Pisa 2001, s. 273–288.
  • NEDBÁLKOVÁ, Kateřina. The Changing Space of Gay and Lesbian Community in the Czech Republic. In Beyond The Pink Curtain. Everyday Life of LGBT in Eastern Europe. Ljubljana: Peace Institute, 2007, s. 57-71, 14 s. Politike Symposium series. ISBN 978-961-6455-45-9. info
  • SOKOLOVÁ, Věra. Identity Politics and the (B)orders of Heterosexism. Lesbians, Gays and Feminists in the Czech Media after 1989, in: Leeuwen-Turnovcová, J.; van Richter, N. (eds.): Mediale Welten in Tschechien nach 1989. München 2005, s. 29–44.
  • POLÁŠKOVÁ, Eva a Kateřina NEDBÁLKOVÁ. Czech Republic. In The Greenwood Encyclopedia of LGBT Issues Worldwide. USA: Greenwood Press, 2009, s. 101-110. vol 2. ISBN 0-313-34231-8. info
  • NEDBÁLKOVÁ, Kateřina. Community at the Backstage: Gays and Lesbians in the Czech Republic. In Taylor, Y., Addison, M. Queer Presences and Absences. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, s. 31-50. Queer Presences and Absences. ISBN 0-230-00871-2. info
  • NEDBÁLKOVÁ, Kateřina. Idle Ally: LGBT Community in the Czech Republic. In Jusová, I., Šiklová, J. Czech Feminisms: Perspectives on Gender in East Central Europe. Neuveden: Indiana University Press, 2016, s. 205-221. ISBN 978-0-253-02193-9. info
    neurčeno
  • SEIDL, Jan, Jan WINTR a Lukáš NOZAR. Od žaláře k oltáři. Emancipace homosexuality v českých zemích od roku 1867 do současnosti. Brno: Host, 2012, 584 s. vyšlo mimo edici. ISBN 978-80-7294-585-6. info
  • PUTNA, Martin C. Homosexualita v dějinách české kultury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2011, 494 s. ISBN 9788020020000. info
  • HIML, Pavel, Jan SEIDL a Franz SCHINDLER. "Miluji tvory svého pohlaví". Homosexualita v dějinách a společnosti českých zemí. Praha: Argo, 2013, 650 s. ISBN 978-80-257-0876-7. info
  • HALPERIN, David M. How to be gay. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. viii, 549. ISBN 9780674067516.
Výukové metody
One 2-hour lecture per week.
Metody hodnocení
For the assessment, students will be given a choice between:

(1) oral exam or
(2) written test covering the topics presented during the course and an essay on a topic linked to the course focus.

This will account for 70 % of the final mark. Lecture attendance will account for 30 % of the final mark.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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