Sociocultural Representations of Masculinity
Code: 105817 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500000 Sociocultural Gender Studies | OT | 3 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Diego Falconi Trávez
- Email:
- diego.falconi@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Teachers
- Francisco Abril Morales
Prerequisites
None.
Objectives and Contextualisation
I. Understanding masculinities within a broad conception of culture that allows an approach from social studies and cultural criticism.
II. Understanding the different ways of constructing masculinity in different societies.
III. Addressing theories that help questioning traditional gender roles based on sociological, literary and filmic documents.
Competences
- Demonstrate ability to work autonomously, self-analysis and self-criticism.
- Express correctly and in a non-sexist or homophobic manner both orally and in writing.
- Identify and question gender representations in the history of ideas, arts and culture, as well as in the construction of scientific knowledge.
- Interpreting and interrelating the conceptual bases of feminist theories.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyze the representations of sexualities in cultural productions.
- Apply the concepts of gender theory to the analysis of cultural texts.
- Make an inclusive use of language.
- Make valuations and corrections of your own work.
- Recognize the representation of masculinity in the history of the arts.
- Search, select and manage information autonomously, both in structured sources (databases, bibliographies, specialized journals) and in information distributed on the network.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Content
Part I - INTRODUCTION TO MASCULINITIES
Topic 1: Gender perspective in masculinities studies
Theme 2: Social and cultural construction of masculinities: becoming a man
Theme 3: Critical studies on masculinities and theories of masculinities
Theme 4: Hegemonic masculinity(ies)
Part II – CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF MASCULINITIES
Topic 5: Forms to performativize masculinities: literature, cinema and other archives
Theme 6: Intersections of race, class, gender, ethnicity, etcetera, in masculinities
Topic 7: Homosociality and power
Topic 8: Violence and care
Part III – THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DECONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITIES
Topic 9: The new masculinities of always?
Topic 10: Men's movements: from equality to the macho sphere
Topic 11: How to approach the work of masculinities?
Methodology
Classroom Activities:
- Theoretical sessions held. These are aimed at present the concepts and contents of the class and to discuss readings.
- Practical seminars consisting on exercises to be carried out and presented in the classroom. In any case, students must carry out their work home.
- Eventual presentation of guests to class
Out of class activities:
- Radings that, together with the materials available in the Virtual Campus, will join the contents worked in in the classroom.
- Carrying out work and research at home
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Evaluative activities | 25 | 1 | |
| Lectures | 50 | 2 | |
| Practices (Seminars) | 50 | 2 |
Assessment
Ratings
The final mark will be expressed in a range between 0 and 10 points, with 5 as the minimum limit to consider the course passed.
To access the computation of the final grade, it is necessary to meet two conditions:
a) have submitted to the three forms of evaluation
b) have a grade equal to or greater than four (=> 4) in the essay, in the work and in the individual knowledge test. The final grade for the subject will be computed as the weighted average of the qualification of the 3 evaluation activities, according to the corresponding weight of each one.
The qualification of Not evaluable will be received as long as no more than 1/3 of the evaluation activities have been delivered.
Recovery
Students who meet ALL the following requirements can be considered for re-evaluation:
1. Not reaching the grade of 5 (4.9 is not 5).
2. Been evaluated in 2 of the 3 graded activities in class.
3. Obtained an average rating of 3.5/10.
In the case of presenting for recovery, the final grade will not exceed 5.
Grade Review
The teaching staff will inform the students (Moodle) of the procedure and date of revision of the qualifications.
Plagiarism
In the event that the work of a student carries out any type of irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the qualification of a certain act of evaluation (including cartificial intelligence works), this will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may result from it. In the event that several irregularities are verified in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
Single evaluation
To access single evaluation the student must notify this to the proffessors (the notification deadline dates are from September 18 to October 6, after that date the student body will not be able to take this type of evaluation). This evaluation will consist of two activities that must be delivered on the same day (which will be notified by the teaching staff):
1. Essay (35%)
2. Applied work (35%)
3. Test (30)
All the evaluation items will be longer and more complex than those of the continuous evaluation.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 35% | 13 | 0.52 | 2, 4, 7 |
| Essay | 35% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 8, 7, 5 |
| Test | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 6, 4, 8, 7 |
Bibliography
Andrés, Rodrigo (ed.) (2011), Homoerotismos literarios, Barcelona, Icaria.
Armengol, J.M (2022) Reescrituras de la masculindad, Madrid, Alianza Editorial
Azpiazu, Jokin (2017), Masculinidades y feminismos, Barcelona, Virus
Connell, Raewyn (2003) Masculinidades, México, Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género.
Halberstam, Jack(/Judith) (2008), Masculinidades femeninas, Barcelona, Egales.
Hooks, Bell (2021), El deseo de cambiar: Hombres, masculinidad y amor, Barcelona, Bellaterra.
Zoja, Luigi (2018). El gesto de Héctor, Madrid, Taurus.
Software
The Virtual Campus will be the used tool to upload homework. The assigned reading will be in this platform too.