Syllabus (SOCIOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-7

Semester: 5

Course Code: BSOCMAJ07T

Course Title: Sociology of Gender

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: • To comprehend the socially constructed ideas of gender and the differences associated with sex and gender. • To understand the orientations leading to masculinity and femininity • To aid in explaining the various social forces that create inequal

Learning Outcome: • The scholars will be able to have a deeper understanding of the power structure that creates inequalities on the lies of gender. • This course shall contextualise feminism as it is through the learning of feminist theories, movements, cultural repre

Contents of the Course

1. Gendering Sociology: An overview
2. Gender as a Social Construct:Sex and Gender; Gender discrimination and Patriarchy, Production of Masculinity and Femininity; Sexuality; Gender Socialisation; Gender Development theory of Sigmund Freud, Nancy Chodorow and Juliet Mitchell
3. Gender Differences and Inequalities:Nature & Causes; Gender inequalities in class, caste, family, religion, work; Gender Stratification; Gender Stereotyping; Women and Cultural Representation in media
4. Theoretical Perspectives in Feminism:First Wave, Liberal, Radical, Socialist, Black and Post Modern Feminism
5. Gender, Power and Resistance:Power and Subordination; Feminist movements; Ecofeminism; New Social Movements associated with gender and sexuality
6. Women and Constitutional Rights

Readings and References

1. Abbott, Pamela, Claire Wallace and Melissa Tyler. 2005. An Introduction to

Sociology: Feminist Perspectives. London: Routledge.

2. Bhasin, Kamala. 1993. What is Patriarchy? New Delhi: Kali for Women.

3. Bhasin, Kamla, 2003. Understanding Gender, Kali for Women.

4. Chaudhuri, Maitrayee 2004.Feminism in India: Issues in Contemporary Indian

Feminism, Kali for Women, New Delhi.

5. Dube, Leela 1996 “Caste and Women” in M.N.Srinivas (ed.) Caste: Its twentieth

century avatar, New Delhi: Penguin (pp 1‐27).

6.Ritzer, George. (2011). Sociological Theory (Fifth Edition). Tata McGraw-Hill. Fernandes

7. Leela.(ed). 2014. Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia. London:

Routledge

8. Furr.L, Allen. 2018. Women, Violence and Social Stigma. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

9. Halberstam, Judith. 1998. “An Introduction to Female Masculinity: Masculinity

without men, in Female Masculinity. London: Duke University Press (pp 1-43) New

Delhi: Zubaan 2012

10. Holmes, Mary. 2009. Gender and Everyday Life. London: Routledge.

11. Jackson, Stevi and Sue Scott (eds.) 2002. Gender: A Sociological Reader. London:

Routledge.

12. Kabeer, Naila 1994. Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development

Thought: Gender Hierarchies in Development. London: Verso.

13. Kalia, H.L. 2005. Work and the Family. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

14. Menon, Nivedita (ed.).1999. Gender and Politics in India. New Delhi: Oxford

University Press.

15. Rege, Sharmila. (ed). 2003. Sociology of Gender: The Challenge of Feminist

Sociological Knowledge. New Delhi: Sage.

16. চ্যাটার্জ্জী,শু (২০২১).সমাজতত্ত্বঃ লিঙ্গ, যৌনতা ও নারী ;লেভান্ত বুকস ইন্ডিয়া, কলকাতা।

17.চক্রবর্তী, বি. (২০১৮).নারী, পৃথিবী, বহুস্বর; উরবি প্রকাশন।

18. Rajan, R. S. (2000). Women between community and state: Some implications of the uniform civilcode debates in India. Social Text, 18(4), 55-82.