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Lecturer(s)
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Zajícová Naďa, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Kinship, affinity, reproduction. Biological reproduction, notions of conception, shared substance and definitions of kinship. 2. Enculturation and life stages. Cultural variability in understanding life stages and approaches to them. Transition rituals. Age classes. 3. Marriage in an intercultural perspective. Choosing a spouse. Culturally specific forms of marriage (monogamy, polygyny, polyandry). 4. Family and household. Family and household: reproduction and production? Typology of postmarital residence, typology family households. 5. Kinship and social organization. Patrilinear and matrilinear systems.Types of descending groups. Genera, clans, moieties. 6. Sexuality and incest taboo. Rules governing sexual relations. Banning incest as a cultural universal? Cultural variability incest taboo. 7. Gender and gender. Masculinity and femininity. Gender dichotomy. Biological differences vs. social construction of gender (and gender?). 8. Social status and gender roles. Division of labor and status hierarchy in relation to gender. Gender socialization. Gender stereotypes. 9. Gender and sexuality in an intercultural perspective. Physicality and sexuality. Sexual identities and sexual behavior and their cultural variability. 10. From women's anthropology to feminist anthropology. Representation of women in anthropology. Development of interest in gender issues in anthropology. 11. The concept of social networks in anthropology. Definition, history, main characters. Manchester School. 12. Sociology of family and the concept of social networks. Family in sociological perspective. Historical development, concepts, points of interest. Contact points with anthropology.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 18 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to understand professional argumentation and follow the main line of interpretation of lectures |
| to identify at a basic level the main theoretical basis of social anthropology |
| to characterize and describe the basic research procedures of social anthropology |
| Skills |
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| to understand professional texts in a foreign language at a basic level |
| to interpret a professional text and identify its main theses |
| to work with electronic information sources |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| at the basic level to characterize concepts, terminology, theoretical directions and historical development of anthropological study of family and kinship |
| to characterize and analyze the basic theoretical basis of social sciences (social anthropology, historical demography, historical anthropology) in the study of family and gender |
| to understand and characterize the category of gender and how this concept is used in the social sciences |
| to characterize the cultural conditions of gender and kinship relations |
| to evaluate critically the category of gender and describe how it is used in social anthropology |
| to characterize the basic lines of family anthropology and gender research |
| to describe the cultural diversity of gender roles |
| Skills |
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| to analyze anthropological texts devoted to kinship and gender |
| to interpret a professional text and identify its main theses |
| to formulate the main arguments of biological and cultural determinism |
| to interpret the main lines of anthropological interest in gender and corporality |
| to analyze critically anthropological texts devoted to kinship and gender |
| to apply anthropological concepts of gender and kinship to current social phenomena |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Individual study |
| Skills demonstration |
| Seminar classes |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
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| Written exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Ardener, Shirley. Defining females : the nature of women in society. Providence : Berg, 1993. ISBN 0-85496-727-3.
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Bocková, G. Ženy v evropských dějinách. Od středověku do současnosti.. Praha: NLN, 2007.
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Busby, Cecilia. The performance of gender : an anthropology of everyday life in a south indian fishing village. London . Athlone Press, 2000. ISBN 0-485-19671-9.
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Carsten, Janet et. al. After kinship. Cambridge University Press, London, 2004.
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Fine, Cordelia. Testosterone rex: unmaking the myths of our gendered minds. Icon Books, 2017.
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Goody, J. Proměny rodiny v evropské historii. Historicko-antropologická esej,. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2000.
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Mead, Margaret. Pohlaví a temperament u tří primitivních společností. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7419-036-0.
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Moore, H. L. A passion for difference. Essays in anthropology and gender. Cambridge, Polity Press, 1994.
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Možný, Ivo. Rodina a společnost. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2008. ISBN 978-80-86429-87-8.
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Oakleyová, Ann. Pohlaví, gender a společnost. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-403-6.
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Parkin, Robert a Stone, Linda. Kinship and Family. An Anthropological Reader.
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Saini, Angela. Od přírody podřadné: jak se věda mýlila v ženách. Academia, 2018.
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Stone, Linda. Kinship and Gender:An Introduction. Boulder: WestviewPress, 1997.
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Valle, Teresa del. Gendered anthropology. London : Routledge, 1993. ISBN 0-415-06127-X.
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