P5 Culture Through Film

This course uses sport films to examine relationships of power in society and the way those relationships are contested and reinforced. Regardless of race, class, gender, and status, sport has the ability to reach many. However, this ability to reach across demographics does not imply that each demographic has been treated equally or shares similar experiences in world culture. Hollywood's use of film has provided a variety of competing discourses on many of these demographics. This course will examine the way in which filmmakers use sport to examine, explore, and reposition elements of culture and history. Students will engage with persons from other cultures in ways that develop empathy for members of non-dominant cultures and language groups. Students will also analyze questions of gender or ethnic/racial identity as they explore the cultural construction of difference.

Attributes:
P5 - Perspectives Area 5
SPHR - SPST Human Relations Elective
W - Online Summer UG Courses
YLIB - Liberal Arts Elective