Sociology of gender 3500-CPS-SOCPŁ
The lectures will present the most important issues and problems that sociology of gender currently deals with.
The course participant will learn in detail the main issues of modern sociology of gender - sex / gender distinction, gender roles, gender relations, gender regimes, gender order and society, as well as gender identities. During the course, we will look at how social institutions such as family, school or work are gendered, what categories of femininities and masculinities are and how they are constructed, how language and gender discourses are shaped, and how it changes in time.
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Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Has basic knowledge about social structures and selected social institutions, and their interrelations
Is aware of social differentiation and existing social inequalities, as well as their impact on the life of individuals and the functioning of social groups
Has basic knowledge about the types of social ties and the rules that govern them
Understands the social nature of relationships between individuals, social groups and social institutions
Has basic knowledge about the mechanisms of social group dynamics and interdependencies between groups and individuals
Has basic knowledge of major foreign, international and domestic sociological research
Has basic knowledge of the norms and rules governing social structures and institutions
Is aware of the processes occurring in Polish and global society and their consequences for social attitudes and institutions
Can use basic theoretical categories to describe social changes in modern societies
Can conduct a simple analysis of the consequences of the processes occurring in modern societies
Assessment criteria
Exam
Bibliography
„Społeczeństwo Genderowe” M. Kimmel
„Socjologia płci. Płeć w dużej skali” R. Connell
„50 key concepts in gender studies”
“Gender w społeczeństwie polskim” K. Slany i in.
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