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Introduction to Portuguese Society

Code 13180
Year 3
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload TP(60H)
Scientific area Sociology
Entry requirements dont exist
Learning outcomes - For Portuguese students of Sociology the curricular unit will help them to develop an outside
look at Portuguese society and culture; to enlarge their intercultural view; to discuss Portuguese
society in internacional academic environments.
- To introduce Erasmus students to fundamental topics of Portuguese society and culture; to
experiment an intercultural environment with Portuguese students
Syllabus - Portuguese History: an overview
- Portuguese music and literature
- Territory. Local and global, past and future.
- Major Demographic changes of XX century and on
- Potuguese Cinema and its audiences
- Dailylife and values.
- Portuguese judicial and welfare systems
- Family, traditions and rituals
Main Bibliography Barros, S., & Albert, I. (2020). “I feel more Luxembourgish, but Portuguese too” cultural
identities in a multicultural society. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 54(1), 72-
103.
Disney, A. R., (2009), A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: From Beginnings to
1807, Cambridge University Press
Ferrera, M., (2005), Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe: Fighting Poverty and Social
Exclusion in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece, Routledge
Garcia, Jos et al., (Eds.) (2017), Media and the Portuguese Empire, Palgrave
Gouveia, R. (2014). Personal networks in Portuguese society: A configurational and lifecourse
approach.
Kennedy, Hugh (1996), Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus, Routledge
Hespanha, P., Ferreira, C., & Portugal, S. (2018). The welfare society and the welfare state: the
Portuguese experience. In European citizenship and social excl
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-04-20

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