SO248 Half Unit
Gender and Society
This information is for the 2021/22 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Abeera Khan, STC S217
Availability
This course is available on the BSc in Language, Culture and Society and BSc in Sociology. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
This course has a limited number of places (it is capped). Places are allocated on a first come first served basis.
Course content
The course will explore the meaning of gender in contemporary society. It considers gendered relations of power and the articulation of gender with other kinds of social difference such as race, class and sexuality. A variety of theoretical perspectives will be applied to a number of substantive issues of contemporary concern.
Indicative topics are: gender and sexuality; the body; violence; sex work; representation.
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT, with 2 hours in the ST.
Reading Weeks: Students on this course will have a reading week in LT Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Formative coursework
Students will be expected to prepare one piece of formative assessment.
Indicative reading
S Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life, Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017
C Mohanty, Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, Durham Duke University Press, 2003
A Clarke and D Haraway (Eds.), Making Kin not Population, Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2018
A Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003
J Halberstam, Trans: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2018
A Kafer, Feminist, Queer, Crip, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2013
C Thompson, Making Parents, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005
R Ray, J Carlson, A Andrews (Eds.), The Social Life of Gender, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2017
A more detailed reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Assessment
Take-home assessment (100%) in the ST.
Attendance at all classes and submission of all set coursework is required
Course selection videos
Some departments have produced short videos to introduce their courses. Please refer to the course selection videos index page for further information.
Important information in response to COVID-19
Please note that during 2021/22 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the differing needs of students in attendance on campus and those who might be studying online. For example, this may involve changes to the mode of teaching delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.
Key facts
Department: Sociology
Total students 2020/21: Unavailable
Average class size 2020/21: Unavailable
Capped 2020/21: No
Value: Half Unit
Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Team working
- Communication
