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May 04, 2024
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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.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: Staff
Prerequisites & Notes: ENGL 299 or two 200-level courses or consent of instructor. Cross-referenced with CAST.
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