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Sports & Inequality: Race, Class, Gender, & the Labor of Sweat

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.		 HLL-3507 Media Auditorium 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Location
HLL-3507 Media Auditorium
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course explores the place of sports in US history and culture. How have sports shaped US history/culture, and how has US history/culture shaped sports? As we read stories of races won, baskets made, fights fought, and players competing, we will explore sport-as-labor and focus on this main themes: the impact of immigration, industrialization, and urbanization on the games Americans played; the class origins of sports like baseball, boxing, football, tennis, and golf; sport and conflict between labor and capital; racial prejudice, gender exclusion, and integration in sport; athleticism and the evolving ideas about masculinity, femininity, and race; the links between sport, patriotism, and national identity; and sport as an arena for political protest.

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/3/2024 - 12/13/2024

Location

HLL-3507 Media Auditorium

Enrolled / Capacity

80 / 80

Status

Closed

Instructor

Steve Striffler

Tuition*

$1984 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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