Sport, Film and Society

3 cr · Undergraduate

This seminar format course encourages students to use films as "texts" through which important socio-cultural themes related to the study of sport, recreation, physical activity, dance, and physical education can be explored. It builds upon themes explored in courses such as KPER 3460 and uses film as a way to examine the intersections between the representations of key historical and sociological concepts such as class, gender, and race/ethnicity and the representations of sport and the moving body. The course is organized around these themes and includes a variety of film genres, primarily feature films and documentaries. Each seminar includes one or more screening upon which class discussions are based. The course concludes with a screening of the films made by students themselves, a key component of the course evaluation. May not be held with the former PERS 4340.