Urban and gender studies

Pre-requisites: No preconditions

Course objectives: Urban studies and gender are two important aspects / angles of observation and research of modern anthropology and therefore the training of students to master this analytical research is one of the fundamental aims in the study of anthropology.

Course description: Urban Studies - multifaceted study of the city. The concept of the city and urban space. Exposure of the city. The use of the city. City and town events. Gender Studies - Gender and race. Gender Studies - Gender aspect of the modern world. Sex, Gender and Reproduction. There is no practical training.

Learning Outcomes: Anthropologist skilled in the practice of urban research and gender studies has the possibility of both researching and actively participating in the contemporary society.

Literature/Reading:

• B.Žikić,Neukroćena ’’goropad’’: upravljanje reprodukcijom kao kulturna praksa, Etnoantropološki problemi N.s. god. 3 sv. 1, 2008, 143-157
• I.Kovačević,Urbani rituali, Kultura,52.Beograd, 1982.
• V.Vučinić,Dubrovački Stradun kao korzo i njegova socijalna segmentacija, Spomenica Radovana Samardžića, Beograd,1994.423-442.
• I.Erdei,Simbolička topografija Pančeva, u B.Mrvoš (ur.),Arhitektura i urbanizam Pančeva, Sveske, Vanr.br, Pančevo,1994. 41-52.
• Z.Ivanović,.“Antropologija žene” i pitanje rodnih odnosa u izmenjenom diskursu antropologije, u Ž. Papić, L. Sklevicky (ur.),Antropologija žene, drugo izdanje, Beograd,2003,381-435.
• Z.Ivanović,O statusu tela u antropologiji, Kultura, br. 105/106, Beograd, 2002, 9-26.
• B.Žikić,Kognitivne "priče za dečake" : urbani folklor i urbana topografija. Etnoantropol. probl., 2007, god. 2, sv. 1, str. 73-107.
• Richard Schmitt (2001), Proud to Be a Man?, Men and Masculinities Vol. 3 No. 4, 393-404