Syllabus - Sociology of Family - Families in Israel a Sociological Perspective (53121)

Syllabus Sociology of Family - Families in Israel a Sociological Perspective - 53121
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HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Sociology & Anthropology Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Talia Sagiv Coordinator Email: Talia.sagiv@gmail.com Coordinator Office Hours: Wed. 9:00-10:00 Teaching Staff: Dr. Talia Sagiv Course/Module description: The course focuses on the family, and on changes in family structure, while examining a range of sociological issues such as ethnicity, culture gender and class. Course/Module aims: To familiarize the students with the main issues in this field of research Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Students will be able to write a text about families, integrating various sociological perspectives Attendance requirements(%): 90% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures and discussions Course/Module Content: The family from multiple perspectives: Gender, ethnicity, class and nationality Required Reading: Jallianoja, R. & Widmer, E.D. (2011). Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe. Palgrave-Macmillan. Pp 3- 28. Lareau, A. (2000). Social Class Differences in Family-School Relationships: The Importance of Cultural Capital. In R. Arum & I. Beattie (Eds.) The Structure of Schooling. (chapter 26). Mountain View CA: Mayfield Publishing. Lareau, A., (2015). "Cultural Knowledge and Social Inequality", American Sociological Review, Vol. 80, No. 1, 1-27. Ben Ari, A & Livni. T. (2006). Motherhood Is not a Given Thing: Experiences and Constructed Meanings of Biological and Nonbiological Lesbian Mothers. Sex Roles, 54(7-8), 521–531. Berkowitch, N. (1997). Motherhood as a national mission: the construction of womanhood in the legal discourse in Israel. Women's Studies International Forum, 20, 5-6, 605-619. Boyd, S.B., 2007. Gendering legal parenthood: Bio-genetic ties, intentionality and responsibility. Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 25, pp.63-94. Apple, D. Rima. 2006. Perfect Motherhood. Rutgers University Press. Golombok, Susan. 2000. Parenting: What really counts? Routledge. Gray P.B. & Kermyt G.A. 2010. Fatherhood, Harvard university press Hoghughi, M. & Long, N. (Eds). 2004. Handbook of Parenting: Theory and research for practice. Sage Publications. Laing. R. D. the polotics of the family 1972 Vintage books, NY. Narayan, Uma and Bartkowiak, J. Julia. 1999. Having and raising children: Unconventional Families, hard choices and the social good. The Pennsylvania State University Press. Parkin, R. Kinship: an introduction. 1997. Blackwell publishers. Dally A. 1982. Inventing motherhood. Buurnett books Ltd. Binger J.J. 2010. Parent-Child Relations. Merrill, Columbus Ohio Levin Irene and Sussman B. Marvin (eds) 1997. Stepfamilies: History, Research and Policy. The Haworth Press, Inc. Lupton D. & Barclay L. 1997. Constructing Fatherhood: discourses and experiences. Sage publication. Maddox, Brenda. 1967. The Half Parent: Living with other people's children. London : A. Deutsch Parenthood in a Time of Transition: Tensions between Legal, Biological, and Social Conceptions of Parenthood . Chodorow, Nancy. 1978. The Reproduction ofMotbering: Psychoanalysis and the Socioloa of Gender. Berkeley: University of California Press. Howell, Signe. 2009. Adoption of the Unrelated Child: Some Challenges to the Anthropological Study of Kinship. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2009. 38:149–66 Jeremiah, E. (2006). Motherhood to Mothering and beyond: Maternity in recent feminist thought. Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, 8(1-2) 21-33. Additional Reading Material: Berkowitch, N. 1997. Motherhood as a national mission: the construction of Womanhood in the legal discourse in Israel. Women's Studies International Friedan, Betty. 1992. [1963]. The Feminine Mystique. London: Penguin. Gallagher, J. 2015 MPs say yes to three-person babies. BBC News. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31069173 accessed 22 July 2016 Daniluk, J. C., & Hurtig-Mitchell, J. (2003). Themes of hope and healing: Infertile couples' experiences of adoption. Journal of Counseling & Development, 81(4), 389-399. Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 10 % Project work 0 % Assignments 90 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % see additional information Additional information: Written assignments The reading materials include both academic texts and fiction.

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