KLM623 - CULTURES of MASCULINITY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULTURES of MASCULINITY | KLM623 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emek Çaylı Rahte | |||||
| Course objective | This module aims at providing a cultural framework for understanding the experiences of masculinity. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This module will introduce the concept of masculinity from a cultural perspective and will focus on topics such as representations, body, sexualities of masculinities. | |||||
| References | Bourdieu, P. (2001) Masculine Domination, Stanford University Press, Stanford. Brod, H. and Kaufman, M. (1994) Theorizing Masculinities, Sage, London. Butler, Judith (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and Subversion of Identity, Routlegde, London&NY. Carrigan T. et.al. (1985) ?Toward A New Sociology of Masculinity?, Theory and Society 14, 551-604. Cockburn, C. (1989) ?Masculinity the Left and Feminism?, in Male Order: Unwrapping Masculinity, eds. Rowena Chapman and Jonathan Rutherford, Lawrence&Wishart, London, 303-329. Coltrane, S. (1994) ?Theorizing Masculinities in Contemporary Science?, in Theorizing Masculinities, eds. Harry Brod and Michael Kaufman, Sage, London, 39-60. Connell, R.W. (1995) Masculinities, Polity, Cambridge. __________ (2001) ?Masculinity Politics on a World Scale?, in The Masculinities Reader, eds. Stephen M. Whitehead and Frank J. Barret, Polity, Cambridge, 369-374. __________ (2002) Gender, Polity, Cambridge. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Key Concepts in Gender Studies |
| Week 2 | Approaches to the Concept Masculinity |
| Week 3 | Masculinity, Nationalism and Militarism |
| Week 4 | Modernity, Politics and Masculinity |
| Week 5 | Masculinity and Class |
| Week 6 | Masculinity, Race and Ethnicity |
| Week 7 | Subcultures of Masculinity |
| Week 8 | Sport and the Male Body |
| Week 9 | Sexuality and Psychoanalytical Approaches to Masculinity |
| Week 10 | Masculinity and Sexual Identities |
| Week 11 | Practices of Fatherhood |
| Week 12 | Representations of Masculinity in Popular Culture |
| Week 13 | Feminist Criticisms of the Concept of Masculinity |
| Week 14 | 'Men's Studies' and Contemporary Perspectives |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 20 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 60 |
| Presentation | 2 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 40 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 60 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 56 | 56 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 82 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. will be able to evaluate the theoretical and practical reflections of the basic approaches, concepts and the relationship among the concepts in culture and mass communication. | X | ||||
| 2. will have the knowledge of the basic methodological approaches, methods and research technics and their implementations. | X | ||||
| 3. is capable of designing qualitative and quantitative social researches, implementing it, analyzing the findings, reporting them and putting all into an original piece of academic writing. | X | ||||
| 4. will follow the current news/knowledge, approaches and sources on culture and mass communication, evaluates them with a critical and inquisitive manner, attends discussions on this subjects and produces new information. | X | ||||
| 5. will share all events (projects, researches, publications) in their field with related circles. | X | ||||
| 6. knows all the scientific and ethical principles on their field and acts in order to these principles and works on dissemination of them. | X | ||||
| 7. 7. will be able to use the knowledge and the skills related to the area, find solutions to the problems in communication and media, develop policy propositions and transform these into projects and action. | X | ||||
| 8. thinks, questions, interprets and evaluates interdisciplinary | X | ||||
| 9. will be able to get involved in team work for identifying and solving problems related to the area and shares knowledge. | X | ||||
| 10. will pursue a higher degree in his/her education. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest