Syllabus
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Course Code: WS(C) 02 Course Name: Women and Society |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Women in the Family: Concept of Family and its Evolution, Types of Family, Patriarchal Family, Matriarchal Family, Marriage: Monogamy, Polygamy, Polyandry, Changes in the Family System- Impact on Women, Kinship and Women, Female Headed Households Women in the Family: Concept of Family and its Evolution, Types of Family, Role and Challenges of Women in Various types of Families. Marriage: Nature and Types, Changing Marriage Patterns and Family System- Impact on Women, Kinship and Women, Female Headed Households |
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| 2 | Social Stratification, Caste, Class, Gender, Ethnicity as Distinct Categories and their Interconnections, Issues of Women from the Rural, Urban and Slum Population, Tribe and Gender, Dalit Women |
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| 3 | Social Construction of Gender- Process, Barriers to Women's Advancement, Women and Socialization: Stages of Socialization- Childhood, Adolescent, Adult and Old Age, Agencies of Socialization, Factors of Socialization; Changing Gender Roles |
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| 4 | Women and Issues of Culture: Meaning and Theories of Culture: Socio-biological, Psychoanalytical and Sociological Theories, Religion and Ideology, Some Special Cases: Shahbano Case, Roopkanwar Case, Women as Repositories of Cultural Practices and Tradition, Women and Cultural Change |
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