Gender Studies

Paper Code: 
SOC422
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment strategies

  
 

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

CO88:Define key concepts central to the interdisciplinary field of Gender Studies

CO89:Summarize the evolution of gender as a category of social analysis in the late twentieth century.

CO90:Understand the theoretical perspectives revolving around the concept of gender and analyse the intersections of gender with class, caste and race .

CO91:Evaluate the relevance of gender mainstreaming in context of development.

CO92:Critically analyze social situations in context of gender relations

Lecture and Classroom discussions (Tool-Power Point Presentations),

Assignments will be given. Interactive sessions on the basis of assignments

Continuous test on the topic/quiz, student presentations and assignments.

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I
  • Gender as a social construct:
  • Models of Gendered socialization
  • Cultural Symbolism and gender roles

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II
  • Social Structure and Gender Inequality:

  Patriarchy and Matriarchy

Division of labour: production and reproduction

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
  • Theories of Gender Relations:
  • Liberalist
  • Radical
  • Socialist
  • Post-modernist

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
  • Gender and Development:
  • Effect of development policies on gender relations
  • Perspectives on gender and development: Welfarist, Developmentalist, Empowerment

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V
  • Women and Development in India:
  • Indicators of women’s status: demographic, social, economic and cultural
  • Special schemes and strategies for women’s development
  • Voluntary sector and women’s development
  • Globalization and women’s development
  • Eco-feminism

 

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

 

e-RESOURCES

JOURNALS

  • Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Sage Publications
  • Gender and Society, Sage Journals
  • Feminist Review, Sage Journals

 

Academic Session: 
2023-24
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