UHVDN013 Gender Roles and Identities in Early Modern Period

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Čapská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Čapská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Veronika Čapská, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course builds on the socio-anthropological understanding of gender roles as sets of social norms and expectations. The seminar explores the normative types of early modern sources which have shaped the models and norms of behaviour. The course will also explore ego-documents which enable to study the nuanced forms of the acceptance and refusal of gender roles by concrete historical actors. Attention will be paid to mechanisms of encouraging and discouraging various forms of gendered behaviour.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
    2. From women´s history to gender history
    3. Gender roles and their internalization in early modern Europe
    4. Building and subverting masculinities
    5. Woman as a virgin, wife and widow
    6. querelle de sexes
    7. Church control over rituals of marriage
    8. Changes in the Image of Body in Early Modern Europe
    9. "Third Sex"
    10. Gender and Means of Subsistence
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Passing a final written exam.
* Knowledge of key concepts and problems.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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