Sociology and Anthropology of Gender TITLE OF THE COURSE: Course code: SOC5004

Course group: C Faculty: Social Sciences Study program: Applied Sociology Master‘s Level: Autumn Semester:

ECTS credits: 6 Language of instruction English Course lecturer/s: Prof. Artūras Tereškinas The course will explore the central historical and contemporary debates in the sociology and anthropology of gender, including the search for universal principles underlying the male dominance; relationship between gender, sex and sexuality; how gender articulates with other forms of difference such as race, class and nation; Short course description: gendered perspectives on power; the interaction of agency and structure in the production of femininities and masculinities; issues of cultural representation and expression; gender and body politics across a range of cultural, historical and institutional contexts; gender and the state and gendered modernities. 1. Introduction. Gender: definitions and contentions. Sex and gender. 2. Gender order. Gender studies and sociology of gender. 3. Feminism and feminist theory. Men’s studies. 4. Masculinity and masculinity politics. 5. Different forms of masculinity in contemporary societies. Masculinity and different social field. Social and Course content: cultural explorations of masculinity. 6. Gender and sexuality. Gender and desire. Sexual identity vs. sexual practices. Sexual subcultures 7. Male sexuality. 8. Intimacy and sexuality. New forms of intimacy. 9. Body and gender. Gender embodiments – male and female bodies in historical perspective 10. Transexuality and transgenderism. Transvestism. 11. Gender and bodily modifications. Plastic surgery. 12. Men and women in popular culture: representing genders.

Grading and evaluating Mid-term exam – 20%; Independent study and participation in seminars – 15%; Homework – 15%, Final student work in class and/or exam – 50%. at the final exam: 1. Wharton, Amy S. 2005. The Sociology of Gender. Blackwell Publishing. 2. Deutsch, Francine M. 2007. “Undoing Gender. Gender and Society 21: 106-127. 3. Holmes, Mary. 2009. Gender and Everyday Life. London: Routledge. 4. Connell, R. 2003. “Masculinities, Change, and Conflict in Global Society: Thinking about the Future of Men’s Studies”. The Journal of Men’s Studies 11 (3): 249-266. Required reading and 5. Robertson. J. 2005. Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: additional study material An Anthropological Reader. Blackwell Publishing. 6. Kulick, Don. 1998. Travesti: Sex, Gender and Culture among Brazilian Transgender Prostitutes. The University of Chicago Press. 7. Lewin, Ellen. 2006. Feminist Anthropology. A Reader. Blackwell Publishing. 8. Duncan, Nancy, ed. 1996. BodySpace: Destabilizing Geographies of Gender and Sexuality. London: Routledge.

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