Objectives and competences
Introduction to sociological discourse of patterns of family life, intersections of gender and sexuality; understanding and analyzing intimate relations of individual, partnership, family and kinship; knowledge and use of sociological concepts discussing the patterns of family life, critical analysis of sociological conceptualization of cosumer society and its influence onto family patterns; analysis of construction of human sexual identity; introduction to research studies of sexuality in sociology, analysis of patriarchal relations in sexuality and feminist critic them.
Discussion is based on historical and intercultural perspective.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Discourse of family and partner relationships in sociology in chronological and intercultural perspective.
Intersections of gender and sexuality/the concepts of intimacy.
Cultural patterns of constructing, performing and deconstructing of partnership (traditional, modern, postmodern).
Changing of basic concepts of familiy roles: motherhood, fatherhood, childhood.
Family: modifications and alternatives.
Risk society: discourses about family and partnership dezorganization, emotional emptiness, promiscuity.
(In)stability of sexual life in family.
Consumerizm: reflexivness in cultural patterns of family and partner life.
Emotions as consume
Constructing of human sexual identity.
Body, perception of body.
Sexuality as a part of gender identity.
Sexual praxes in modern and postmodern societies.
Sociological discourse of sexuality.
Male and female sexuality.
Patriarchal sexuality as a discipline of women.
Feminist critic of patriarchal sexual relations.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, projections, individual work, cooperative learning, project work, reflexive teaching/learning.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students know the basic concepts of family in sociuology, they understand, analyze and interpret them in historical and intercultural perspective. They analyze the basic sociological categories of gender and reflect them in guided discussions and essays: collect and use information, treat them analitically and connected to specific social context. They use, analyze them comparing the findings of local and international sociological research studies. They evaluate compatibility of theory and social reality.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Capability of individual searching and use of different sources, collecting information by using sociological methods, representing the findings by using different technologies, critical analysis of read sources, cooperation in groups, written and oral skills.
Readings
1. Oakley, A. (2002): Gender on Planet Earth, Polity, Cambridge in Blackwell, Oxford.
2. Beauvoir, S. (1999-2000): Drugi spol I in II, Delta, Ljubljana
3. Coward, R. (1989): Ženska želja, Krt, Ljubljana
4. Zorn, J. (1999): Homoseksualnost: (De)konstrukcija spola in seksualnosti - antropološka in feministična perspektiva
5. Kuhar, R. (2005): Neznosno udobje zasebnosti: vsakdanje življenje gejev in lezbijk, Mirovni inštitut, Ljubljana
6. Foucault, M. (1993-2000): Zgodovina seksualnosti 1, 2 in 3, ŠKUC, Ljubljana
7. Rener, T. (ur.) (1990): Ženska-politika-družina, ČKZ št. 136-137
8. Rener, T. (2002): Novi trendi v zasebnih razmerjih, v Mladina 2000, Aristej, Maribor, str. 79-103
9. Rener, T. in dr. (ur.) (1995): Družine: različne-enakopravne, Vitrum, Ljubljana
10. Alstop, R. (2005): Theorizing gender; Polity Press, Cambridge, str. 114-220)
11. Sieder, R. (1998): Socialna zgodovina družine, SH, Ljubljana
12. Šadl, Z. (1999): Usoda čustev v zahodni civilizaciji, ZPS, Ljubljana
Prerequisits
No prerequsits.
