GENDER AND SEXUALITY

Paper Code: 
DSOC601(B)
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes(COs):

Course outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO30: Critically Analyze the theoretical perspectives revolving around the concept of gender
CO31: Develop a basic understanding of gender by interrogating the categories of gender, sex and sexuality.
CO32: Analyze complexity of gender relations in contemporary societies and further explored by looking in the areas of work and family.
CO33: Evaluate the intersections of gender with class and caste

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation

 

18.00
  • Biological determinism
  • Gender as a Social Construct
  • Gendering Sociology: Three frameworks for understanding gender

 

 

18.00
  • Gender Socialization: Concept, Approaches
  • Gender in interactions and institutions

 

18.00
  • Gender: Differences and Inequalities: Class, Caste, Family and Work

 

18.00
  • Gender binaries and beyond
  • Alternative models of gender: Gender fluidity

 

18.00
  • Politics of Gender: Resistance and Movements
     

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Marchbank, J. & Letherby G. 2014. (2nd Edition). Introduction to Gender,
    New York: Routledge
  • Wharton S. A. 2011. (2nd Edition).  Sociology of Gender. New Jersey: John
    Wiley & Sons
  • Learner, G. 1986. The Creation of Patriarchy, New York: Oxford University
    Press

 

References: 
  • Aulete J.R., Wittner J, & Blakley K., 2009. Gendered Worlds, New York: Oxford
    University Press
  • Desai, Neera & M.Krishnaraj, 1987: Women and Society in India, Delhi: Ajanta
  • Forbes, G., 1998: Women in Modern India, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press
  • Dube, Leela et al (eds.), 1986: Visibility and Power: Essays on Women in Society
    and Development, New Delhi: OUP
  • Altekar, A.S., 1983: The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, Delhi, Motilal Banarasidass
  • Chodrow, Nancy, 1978: The Reproduction of Mothering, Berkeley: University of
    California Press
  • McCormac, C. & m.Strathern (ed.), 1980: Nature, Culture and Gender, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Oakley, Ann, 1972: Sex, Gender and Society, New York: Harper and Row
  • Tong, Rosemarie, 1989: Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction, Colarodo: Westview Press
  • Whelman, Imelda, 1997: Modern Feminist Thought, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
    Press.
  • Beaviour De Simond,2012, Second Sex, New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
    Group

 

Academic Session: 
2023-24
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