Sport, History, and Cultural Identity

6 credits · Undergraduate

This Summer Study Abroad course examines the ways in which modern sports provide a potential vehicle for social integration and mobility, as well as the construction of a national identity. Sports likewise provide a means of expressing unique cultural affiliations and identities in parallel with, and at times in opposition to, national pastimes and dominant sporting practices. In particular, the course explores Irish and American cultural history, as well as the Irish-American diaspora.