Bi9190 Anthropology of sexuality II

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
Supplier department: Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Thu 13:00–14:50 Bp1
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
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-AN)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC, specialization Fyzická antropologie)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BC, specialization Sociokulturní antropologie)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
  • Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to review the knowledge about sexual dimorphism, comparative research of sexual and erotic behavior patterns and manners (celibate, hetero-, homo-sexuality, pederasty, promiscuity, prostitution, transsexuality, transvestitism etc.), rituals (sexual mutilation etc.) and institutions (marriage, matrimony etc.). At the end of the course the students should be able to: decide whether and to what extent the complex of human sexuality is representing a platform on the base of which the whole culture can be described in its specific profiles and aspects which (at the first look) have no association with sexuality at all or the association is small; describe the main transcultural trends of sexuality in the problems of historic consequence of all world's societies from the prehistory till today; define the obvious and the specific in sexual and erotic behavior according to social status; age; sex and mainly ethnicity; religious or cultural pertinence; discuss the concepts of behavior and the respect for these notions in inter-twining and collisions of various cultures and ethnics in today's globalized world; especially the students should be able to analyze these concepts within the relationships of the Euro-American civilization to other civilizations and cultures.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sexuology of sexuality, erotics and love
  • 2. Anthropology of sexuality, erotics and love
  • 3. Anthropology of matrimony and sexuality
  • 4. The prehistoric world
  • 5. The protohistoric world
  • 6. The pre-literate nations
  • 7. The Ancient Near East
  • 8. The Ancient Egypt
  • 9. Persian, Kurdish and Afghan world
  • 10. Arabic world
  • 11. India
  • 12. China
  • 13. Tibet
  • 14. Korea
  • 15. Japan
  • 16. Pre-columbian America
  • 17. Euro-American civilization
Literature
  • Aris, Philippe Béjin, André, ed. (1985): Western Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present Times. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Malinowski, Bronislaw (1927): Sex and Repression in Savage Society. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.
  • Bishop, Clifford Osthelder, Xenia, ed. (2001): Sexualia: From Prehistory to Cyberspace. Köln am Rhein: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
  • Symons, Donald (1979): The Evolution of Human Sexuality. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Malinowski, Bronislaw (1962): Sex, Culture, and Myth. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and World.
  • Foucault, Michel (19761984): Histoire de la sexualité. 1: La volonté de savoir, 2: Lusage des plaisirs, 3: Le souci de soi. Paris: Gallimard.
  • Baker, Robin R. Bellis, Mark A. (1995): Human Sperm Competition: Copulation, Masturbation and Infidelity. London: Chapman and Hall.
  • Borneman, Ernest (1994): Encyklopedie sexuality. Praha: Victoria Publishing.
  • Mead, Margaret (1935) Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. New York: William Morrow and Company.
  • Malinowski, Bronislaw (1987): The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia. (Introduction by Annette B. Weiner.) Boston: Beacon Press.
  • Aris, Philippe Béjin, André Foucault, Michel, ed. (1984): Die Masken des Begehrens und die Metamorphosen der Sinnlichkeit: Zur Geschichte der Sexualität im Abendland. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer.
  • MacKay, Judith (2000): Human Sexual Behavior. Sexuality and Sexual Practice Around the World. New York London: Penguin Books.
  • Mead, Margaret (1949) Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World. New York: William Morrow and Company.
  • Malinowski, Bronislaw (1929): The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia. (With a Preface by Henry Havelock Ellis.) London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd.
  • Schmidt, Robert A. Voss, Barbara L., ed. (2000): Archaeologies of Sexuality. London New York: Routledge.
  • Bellinger, Gerhard J. (1998): Sexualita v náboženstvích svta. Praha: Academia.
  • Taylor, Timothy (1996): The Prehistory of Sex: Four Million Years of Human Sexual Culture. New York: Bantam Books.
  • MALINA, Jaroslav and A KOLEKTIV. Kruh prstenu (Světové dějiny sexuality, erotiky a lásky od počátků do současnosti v reálném životě, krásné literatuře, výtvarném umění a dílech českých malířů a sochařů inspirovaných obsahem této knihy). Brno: Nadace Universitas Masarykiana, Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Nakladatelství a vydavatelství NAUMA Brno, 2003. 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
  • Lékařská sexuologie. Edited by Jaroslav Zvěřina. [1. vyd.]. Praha: Nakladatelství odborné literatury H&H, 1991, 233 s. ISBN 80-85467-04-6. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical training in form of presentations.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded with an oral exam. In the discussion the lector evaluates the level of obtained knowledge and the capability of the student to associate information from various areas. To pass the exam successfully the student must prove good knowledge of the issues discussed during lectures and in the required reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021.
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