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Társadalomtudományi Kar

Szervezet

TÁTK Szociológia Tanszék

Kód

ESZOCBA-SS3

Cím

Gender studies

Tervezett félév

Mindkét

ECTS

5

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

The course aims at providing a brief introduction to a collection of social problems related to gender stratification and unequal gender relations in societies. By taking sociology and sociological perspective as the basis of knowledge production about gender and theorizing it through mainstream sociological approaches, the course familiarizes the students with the different definitions, conceptualizations, and theories around gender. The course provides scientific tools for students to analyze gender inequalities in different times and geographical locations. Still, remarkable attention will be paid to those global relations and contextual factors that shape local gender relations in semi-peripheral and peripheral regions, including East-Central Europe. Western-oriented theorizes and concepts will be severely examined to check the extent we can use them for grasping phenomena in non-Western locations. (For the detailed list of topics, see the weekly schedule.)

Tantárgy tartalma

Gender as a concept with multiple meanings. Mainstream theoretical approaches in sociology on gender. Social psychology of gender relations Gender as a social structure and the concept of gender order The social organization of masculinities The role of states and politics in governing gender relations Gender Relations and Labor 1.: Gender in the Sphere of Paid and Formal Work Gender Relations and Labor 2.: Social reproduction – (un)paid care work, emotional work The gendered faces of ethnic relations and whiteness constructions; the concept of intersectionality The global sex industry – prostitution, porn and migration between the centrum and the (semi-)periphery Sexual Minorities Current feminist disputes Anti-gender mobilization The topic of students' choice (see the poll on CooSpace)

Számonkérés és értékelés

Requirements & Attendance Students are required to come to class prepared for group discussions based on the mandatory material. The level of preparation will be checked by short weekly pre-class tests on CooSpace. Additionally, students must submit a reflexive lecture diary three times during the semester (see the due dates in the weekly schedule). Further guidelines for compiling the lecture diary are available in a separate document on CooSpace. Following ELTE’s Academic Regulation of Students, in the case of practical courses with 13 training weeks, students can miss 4 classes at most (regardless of the reason for the absence, including medical, family, personal or other reasons). Grading The final grade is composed of the following components and weights: (1) In-class activity and engagement in class discussions: 15% (2) Lecture diaries: altogether 55% (all parts must be submitted to get a grade!) Late submission will be penalized! (3) Pre-class tests: 30%. Each test consists of five short questions (four questions related to the content of the mandatory materials, the fifth requests the student to ask clarification question about the material). At least 8 pre-class tests must be submitted to get a grade, additional submissions are for collecting extra points. Score limits and final grades: 85-100% = 5 70-84% = 4 60-69% = 3 50-59% = 2 0-49% = 1 Bear in mind that partial evaluations and the final grade might be subject to a downgrade because of poor English language performance or incorrect citations. Pay attention to your writing, use a spell checker or other language/editing service before the submissions.

Irodalomjegyzék

Weekly mandatory readings: 1. Wharton, Amy S. 2005. „Introduction to the Sociology of Gender”. In The sociology of gender: an introduction to theory and research, 1–11. (only!) Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub. Lorber, Judith. 1994. “Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender” https://sites.oxy.edu/ron/csp19/readings/LORBER-NightToHisDay-SocialConstructionofGender.pdf 2. ​Chafetz, Janet Saltzman. 1988. “The Gender Division of Labor and the Reproduction of Female Disadvantage: Toward an Integrated Theory.” Journal of Family Issues 9 (1): 108–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/019251388009001006. Storage, Daniel. 2021. Forms of Sexism (Old-Fashioned, Modern, & Ambivalent Sexism). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ylUhAtapzM&ab_channel=DanielStorage. 3. Risman, Barbara J. 2004. “Gender As a Social Structure: Theory Wrestling with Activism.” Gender & Society 18 (4): 429–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891243204265349. 4. Connell, R. W. 2005. “The Social Organization of Masculinity.” In Masculinities, 2nd ed, 67–86. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press. Vega, Tanzina. 2018. “The Bright Side of Masculinity: How Gender Roles Are Changing in 2018. The Takeaway.” Accessed July 27, 2021. (podcast, mp3, 12 min 22 sec)  https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/bright-side-masculinity-how- gender-roles-are-changing-2018. 5. Waylen, Georgina. 2012. “Gender, Feminism and the State: An Overview.” In Gender, Politics and the State., edited by Vicky Randall and Georgina Waylen, 1–17. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. Randeria, Shalini. 2020. “Can Liberal Democracy Right the Wrongs of Racial and Gender Injustices?” S1E4. Interview with Nancy Fraser. (23 min 43 sec) https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/news/can-liberal-democracy-right-wrongs-racial-and-gender-injustices. 6. Ridgeway, Cecilia L. 2011. “Gendering at Work.” In Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World, 92–126. New York: Oxford University Press. The life of women and men in Europe (2017) https://www.ksh.hu/interaktiv/eurostat/womenmen/index.html?lang=en --» Go to Publication --» 2. Learning, Earning, Working 7. Fraser, Nancy. 2017. Crisis of Care? On the Social-Reproductive Contradictions of Contemporary Capitalism. In Bhattacharya, Tithi. (Ed.). Social Reproduction Theory. Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression, 21-36. London: Pluto Press. 8. Kóczé, Angéla. 2017. Romani women and the paradoxes of neoliberalism: Race, gender and class in the era of late capitalism in East-Central Europe. In Solidarity in Struggle. Feminist Perspectives on Neoliberalism in East-Central Europe, edited by Eszter Kováts. 42-53. Budapest: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/budapest/12796.pdf Krivonos, Daria, and Anastasia Diatlova. 2020. “What to Wear for Whiteness?: ‘Whore’ Stigma and the East/West Politics of Race, Sexuality and Gender.” Intersections 6 (3): 116–32. https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v6i3.660. 9. Katona, Noémi. 2016. „Sex work” and „prostitution” in the neoliberal global economy: Potentials of a feminist critique in East-Central Europe. In Kováts, Eszter (Ed.). Solidarity in Struggle: Feminist Perspectives on Neoliberalism in Central Europe, 89-111. Budapest: Friedrich Ebert Siftung. https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/budapest/12796.pdf 10. Tiefer, Leonore. 2018. "" Am I Normal?" The Question of Sex." Sex is not a Natural Act and Other Essays. Routledge, 5-16. D'Emilio, John. 1993. “Capitalism and gay identity” In Henry Abelove, Michele Aina Barale, and David M. Halperin (eds.): The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, New York: Routledge, 467-475. 11. Horwitz, Robert. B. 2018. “Politics as victimhood, victimhood as politics.” Journal of Policy History, 30(3), 552-574. 12. Kováts, Eszter. 2021. “Anti-gender politics in East-Central Europe: Right-wing defiance to West-Eurocentrism.” GENDER – Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft 13 (1–2021): 76–90. https://doi.org/10.3224/gender.v13i1.06. 13. Upon the topic of students' choice For the recommended readings see the complete syllabus on CooSpace.

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