Unit name | Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe |
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Unit code | MODL20011 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Ms. Nahodilova |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Modern Languages |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Men and women in Central and Eastern Europe experienced the new possibilities that appeared after the collapse of communism differently. This unit will explore this difference and the relationship between gender relations and ideas about gender and the changes taking place in the region. The underlying thought will be the thesis of Susan Gal and Gail Kligman that gender is a crucial feature of post-socialist transformations. We will consider how different groups, across national and ethnic and other intersections experience and participate in these changes. The main areas we will cover will be communist policies and realities, political participation and representation, family policies and practices, and domestic and public spheres. Recognising the thought that personal is political we will explore the voices of women throughout the region as they appear in grass root anthologies including the collection Ana’s Land. The main countries to be covered are: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and (East) Germany.
The main aims of the unit are:
for students to gain the knowledge of the key concepts of gender identity in the region in contemporary social and historical context and to engage with key critical debates surrounding gender relations within these societiesby analysingand researching secondary as well as (translated)primary sources.
Successful students will:
1 x 1 hour weekly lecture
1 x 1 hour weekly seminar
1 x Oral presentation (25%) and 1 x 2500 word essay (75%) testing ILO's 1&2
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