Not available in 2020/21
SO458 Half Unit
Gender and Societies
This information is for the 2020/21 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Suki Ali STC S102
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Gender (Sexuality), MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities, MSc in Political Sociology and MSc in Sociology. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Course content
The course introduces theoretical debates and contemporary issues in the sociological study of gender. Topics include femininities/masculinities; sexualities; nation and family; work; education; violence; transnational feminism; politics, representation. NB topics may change slightly from year to year.
Teaching
30 hours of seminars in the MT.
Reading week: week 6
Indicative reading
Narayan, U and Harding, S Decentering the centre: philosophy for a multicultural, postcolonial and feminist world Bloomington:Indiana University Press 2000; Butler, J Gender Trouble London and New York: Routledge 1992 and Bodies that Matter London and New York: Routledge1993 Marshall, B and Witz, A (eds) Engendering the Social: Feminist Encounters with Sociological Theory. Buckingham: Open University Press. 2004; Ahmed, S Differences That Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999; Nicholoson, L (ed.) The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory. London and New York: Routledge 1997;. Abelove, et al, The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, Routledge, 1993; J Alexander & C T Mohanty, Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures, New York, Routledge, 1997; Edwards and Wajcman The Politics of Working Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005. A more detailed reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Assessment
Essay (100%, 5000 words) in the LT.
Two hard copies of the assessed essay, with submission sheets attached to each, to be handed in to the Administration Office, S116, no later than 16:30 on the second Thursday of Lent Term. An additional copy to be uploaded to Moodle no later than 18:00 on the same day.
Attendance at all seminars and submission of all set coursework is required.
Important information in response to COVID-19
Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.
Key facts
Department: Sociology
Total students 2019/20: Unavailable
Average class size 2019/20: Unavailable
Controlled access 2019/20: No
Value: Half Unit
