SCLG2619 - Sociology of Sport

Semester 1, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Fiona Jane Gill
Phone: +61 2 9351 6889
Email: fiona.gill@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit will examine the relationship between sport and society, particularly the formation and reproduction of social norms and groupings. Analysing society from modernist and post-structuralist perspectives, students will use social theories of discourse, identity formation and power relations to explore the role of sport in the development and reproduction of gender, sexual, class, racial and national groups. Topics discussed include sport as a vehicle of social empowerment or marginalisation, sport as colonialism, and sport as consumption and popular entertainment.

Assessments

10x45wd tutorial papers (10%), 1x600wd theory paper (20%), 1x2000wd essay (40%) and 1x1500wd take-home exam (30%)

Classes

1x2hr lecture/week, 1x1hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

SCLG1001 and SCLG1002

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