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Butler University
AN346 01: Sports, Leisure, and Society
Spring Term, 2002: Tuesday, Thursday 9:35 - 10:50 am, JH 337
Instructor: Eriberto P. Lozada Jr.
Office: Anthropology Program, JH 249A
Office Hours: M, W, R, 11:00 am 12:00 pm, and by appointment
Telephone: 940-9270
email: elozada@butler.edu
homepage: http://blue.butler.edu/~elozada
This seminar is a survey of social and cultural studies and leisure throughout the world. Topics include the commodification of sports, the relationship between sports and gender, identity, public policy, the media, social organization, and popular culture. As a seminar, students will be expected to be prepared to present ideas and lead discussion of the readings.
The three ethnographies that will provide the starting point for our examination of sports focus on three different sports: American football, baseball, and track and field. Other sports, however, will be discussed throughout the term, and students are encouraged to bring in their own experiences in sports to seminar discussions. Our emphasis will be on using sports as a lens to understand wider social changes and cultural meanings in different societies throughout the world, including our own American society. Throughout the term, we will try to address the following questions: Why is sports such a marker of individual and social identities? How has the increased commodification of sports shaped people’s attitudes towards participation in sports, as athletes and fans? How has globalization shaped local sports practices in different parts of the world?
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Course Schedule
It is the policy and practice of Butler University to make reasonable accommodations for students with properly documented disabilities. Written notification from Student Disability Services is required. If you are eligible to receive an accommodation and would like to request it for this course, please discuss it with me and allow two weeks notice. Otherwise, it is not guaranteed that the accommodation can be received on a timely basis. If you have questions about Student Disability Services, you may wish to contact Michele Atterson, JH 136, ext. 9308.
Davidson College
Box 6969
Davidson, NC 28035 USA
office: Chambers B12
tel. 704-894-2035
fax. 704-894-2842
erlozada@davidson.edu
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