HIST353

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HIST353

U.S. Society and Sport HIST353 SP

Crosslistings: AFAM353

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       20      20         0

This is not simply an American sports class. Rather, the course traces the ways in which the study of sport illuminates broader features of the U.S. past. Some of the issues we will explore include the emergence of baseball as "America's game," the gendering and racialization of sporting activities, the increasing athleticization of education, and the significance of global sporting competition. We shall further examine some comparative aspects of sport and society, especially the relationship between cricket and colonialism and futbol and patriotism. A central theme we shall be pursuing is the role sport has played in the construction of national identity.

MAJOR READINGS

Melvin L. Adelman, SPORTING TIME
C.L.R. James, BEYOND A BOUNDARY
G.B. Kirsch, AMERICAN TEAM SPORTS
P. Levine, ELLIS ISLAND TO EBBETS FIELD
R. Ruck, SANDLOT SEASONS
T. Mason, SOCCER IN LATIN AMERICA
J. M. Chandler, TELEVISION & NATIONAL SPORT
A. Gutmann, THE OLYMPICS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Course requirements include weekly readings of c. 200 pages; several one-two page discussion papers; leadership of one seminar session and related 7 page paper; and a final 15-20 page research paper. The grading is as follows: 33% for seminar participation; 33% for seminar leadership and paper; and, 34% for the research project. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Kerr-Ritchie, J; Times: .T..... 7:00PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 2, Fr: 3; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Sports for all. The Paraplegic Olympics

Reference:

Maltby, Richard, PASSING PARADE: A HISTORY OF POPULAR CULTURE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989

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