SOC 229

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SOC 229

Sociology of Gender SOC 229 FA

Crosslistings: WMST230

Next Offered in 9899 FA

This course focuses on the institutionalized production of masculinity and femininity as relevant social identities. Topics to be considered include the acqusition of gender in early life; the workplace as a site of gender differentiation; cultural representations of gender and sexuality; the racialized character of gender identities. Emphasis will be placed on various theories which have been advanced to explain sexual differentiation and male dominance.

MAJOR READINGS

Lorber, THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER
Pollitt, REASONABLE CREATURES
Thorne, GENDER PLAY: BOYS AND GIRLS IN SCHOOL
Williams, STILL A MAN'S WORLD: MEN WHO DO WOMEN'S WORK
Crenshaw, Feminist and Antiracist Appropriations of Anita
Hill
Glenn, "From Servitude to Service Work: Historical
Continuities in the Racial Division of Paid Reproductive
Labor"
West & Zimmerman, "Doing Gender"
Whitson, "Sport and the Social Construction of Masculinity"
Solinger, "Race and Value"
Vogel, "Debating Difference: Feminism, Pregnancy, and the
Workplace"

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four take-home essays (5 - 6 pages each) plus other brief writing and discussion activities

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Requirement: SOC-151 or permission of the instructor. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC

Prerequisites: SOC 151

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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Reference:

Linner, Birgitta, SEX AND SOCIETY IN SWEDEN, New York: Harper Colophon Books, 1972

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