SOC718 Social problems via gender optics

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Jarkovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces gender as one of the analytical cathegories for analysis of social systems and structures. Students will get a genderal knowledge about theories of gender. Also the social institutions which reproduce gender structure will be presented. Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to acquire a skill of gender analysis
general knowledge about gender structure
to learn gender terminology
Syllabus
  • Theoretical concepts of gender
  • Gender socialization
  • Reproduction of gener inequalities in education
  • labor market and gedner discrimination
  • Men, women and violence
  • Media
  • Sexualities
  • Social construction of health and illness – gender aspects
  • Gender aspects of multicultural and global society
Literature
  • VOŇKOVÁ, Jiřina and Markéta HUŇKOVÁ. Domácí násilí v českém právu z pohledu žen. Online. Praha: ProFem, 2004. 194 s. ISBN 8023921061. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • CURRAN, Daniel J. Ženy, muži a společnost. Online. Edited by Claire M. Renzetti, Translated by Lukáš Gjurič. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 2003. 642 s. ISBN 8024605252. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • Gender. Online. Edited by Raewyn Connell. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002. viii, 173. ISBN 0745627161. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • Možnosť voľby :aspekty práv a zodpovednosti. Online. Edited by Jana Cviková - Jana Juráňová. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Aspekt, 2001. 409 s. ISBN 80-85549-25-5. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • Žena a muž v médiích. Online. Edited by Hana Havelková - Mirek Vodrážka, Photo by Veronika Bromová. [Praha]: Nadace Gender Studies, 1998. 50 s. ISBN 80-902367-2-3. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • RENZETTI, Claire M. and Daniel J. CURRAN. Women, men, and society :the sociology of gender. Online. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1989. xvii, 407. ISBN 0-205-11898-4. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
Assessment methods
reading, group project (essey), final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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