SOC820 Social Minority Construction

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Fafejta, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Fri 2. 10. 12:00–13:05 P21, Fri 13. 11. 12:00–13:05 P21, Fri 11. 12. 12:00–13:05 P21
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
At the end of the course students are informed about basic mechanisms of social construction of minorities, including mechanisms of self-construction of social groups as minority groups.
Students should be
able to use theoretical instruments offered by social constructivism and poststructuralism to identify and analyze these mechanisms;
able to identify minorities that are made invisible by majority discourses (e.g. intersexual minority);
aware that from the analytical point of view, a minority status is given by social marginalization through hegemonic discourses and dominant social constructs rather than by the number of members belonging to given group;
aware that minority groups are not necessarily joined together by fellow feelings and mutual solidarity (e.g. Romanies);
able to identify persons of a minority status among the (apparent) members of majority that find themselves in marginalized positions and form a group identity through their sense of discrimination (e.g. emerging father movement).
Syllabus
  • 1) Theoretical sources of the course – social constructivism, poststructuralism.
  • 2) Basic categorization of minorities with stress on gender and ethnic minorities.
  • 3) Construction of minorities by majority – segregation, marginalization, exclusion.
  • 4) Self-construction of minorities – revitalization/revival, (ethno)emancipatory and self-consciousness movements.
  • 5) Ethnic minorities – ghettoization and culture of poverty, the Holocaust and categorial murder, discursive formation of delinquent group identities.
  • 6) Gender minorities – mechanisms of invisibilization (transgender, interssexuality), men and women in atypical gender positions.
Literature
  • BAUMAN, Zygmunt. Modernita a holocaust. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 331 s. ISBN 80-86429-23-7. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
  • BUTLER, Judith. Bodies that matter : on the discursive limits of sex. New York: Routledge, 1993, xii, 288. ISBN 0415903661. info
  • FAFEJTA, Martin. Úvod do sociologie pohlaví a sexuality. Věrovany: Jan Piszkiewicz, 2004, 159 s. ISBN 8086768066. info
  • FAUSTO-STERLING, Anne. Sexing the body :gender politics and the construction of sexuality. 1st ed. New York: Basic books, 2000, xii, 473 s. ISBN 0-465-07714-5. info
  • FOUCAULT, Michel. Dohlížet a trestat :kniha o zrodu vězení. Translated by Čestmír Pelikán. Praha: Dauphin, 2000, 427 s. ISBN 80-86019-96-9. info
  • FOUCAULT, Michel. Dějiny sexuality. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1999, 189 s. info
  • Pohledy na národ a nacionalismus :čítanka textů. Edited by Miroslav Hroch. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 451 s. ISBN 80-86429-20-2. info
  • Romové : kulturologické etudy : (etnopolitika, příbuzenství a sociální organizace). Edited by Marek Jakoubek - Tomáš Hirt. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2004, 383 stran. ISBN 808647383X. info
  • KESSLER, Suzanne J. and Wendy MCKENNA. Gender : an ethnomethodological approach. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985, xv, 233. ISBN 0226432068. info
  • LYOTARD, Jean François. Rozepře. Translated by Jiří Pechar. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1998, 323 s. ISBN 80-7007-119-2. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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