ENGL 368 - Cultures of Basketball

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

This course examines the history of basketball play and its attendant culture. We will approach the game as a generator of cultural myths, a socio-historical practice, and as embodied aesthetic performance. To do so, we will use methods of literary studies together with other disciplines to examine texts, players, teams, moments, techniques, strategies and styles of play – particularly in professional basketball – from the time of the game’s invention in 1891 to the present. We will pay special attention to the complex relationship between athletic ideals like sportsmanship, moral notions like unselfishness, and social categories such as race and gender. American, Diversity, Post-1900.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: S. (Y.) Colas
Prerequisites & Notes
For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “Advanced Courses.”