Sociology of Families (undergraduate)

Pre-requisites: To successfully participate in this course students must have previous knowledge of basic sociological, anthropological, psychological and pedagogical categories and ideas.

Course objectives: The objective of this course is for students to learn about the main issues surrounding the modern family, as well as approaches to studying and analyzing those issues.

Course description: This course approaches the issues in sociology of families as its own sociological discipline: the creation and historical development of the modern family; subjects and elements of the modern and contemporary family (homemaking, marriage, authority, kinship etc). Gender and generational issues will be analyzed, as well as fundamental social processes present in families (socialization, disintegration and life cycles) and the relationship between the family and society. In hands-on classes through workshops/labs, students will engage in analysis of relevant texts and data and will learn research skills related to the field.

Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to approach issues and problems related to modern family life from a sociological and critical standpoint. Students will gain the professional skills required for research and practical sociological work with families in our cultural environment.

Literature/Reading:

• Anđelka Milić: Sociologija porodice, Čigoja, Beograd, 2001.
• Anđelka Milić: Rađanje moderne porodice, Zavod za udžbenike, Beograd, 1988.
• Christopher Lasch: Narcistička kultura (poglavlja 7 i 8), Naprijed, Zagreb, 1986.
• Odabrane studije sa posebnog spiska domaćih istraživanja