Gender Studies

Paper Code: 
24SOC422
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course  focuses on the emergence of women’s movements and women’s studies in the context of feminist thought and critiques of sociological theories. The objective is to trace the evolution of gender as a category of social analysis in the late twentieth century. The course provides for a comparative perspective encompassing the developed and developing countries as also revolves around issues concerning Indian women.

 

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Course Outcomes: 

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Learning and teaching strategies

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Course Code

Course

Title

24SOC 422

 

Gender Studies(Theory)

CO104: Evaluate Gender a social costruct

CO105:  Analyze social structures responsible for gender equality

 CO106: Apply theoretical perspectives on gender relations to work for an egalitarian society

CO107:Evaluate the approaches and development policies for improving the status of women

CO108:Apply the knowledge of demographic indicators and welfare programmes to suggest alternative policy measures for upliftment of women

CO109:  Contribute effectively in course specific interaction

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Lecture and Classroom discussions (Tool-Power Point Presentations)Learning activities for the students:

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

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

 

Unit I: 
Gender as a Social Construct
  • Models of Gendered socialization
  • Cultural Symbolism and gender roles

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Social Structure and Gender Inequality
  • Patriarchy and Matriarchy
  • Division of labour: production and reproduction

 

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Theories of Gender Relations
  • Liberal
  • Radical
  • Socialist
  • Post-modernist
  • Eco-feminism

 

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

 

12.00
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

 

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: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  • 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: 
2024-25
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