SMB-638 SPORT & FILM - NARRATIVES IN SOCIETY
This course examines how sport-themed films impact society by both reflecting and influencing cultural norms. The course focuses on dominant ideologies associated with gender, race, and social class and how directors and screenwriters use sport as a metaphor for exploring deeper social issues. Movie narratives and sub-texts are analyzed to illustrate how filmmakers use a variety of cinematic techniques to both entertain and deliver sharp cultural critiques. Various film genres are presented including comedy, drama, and tragedy. Film analysis is integrated with readings drawn from sport sociology and themes relating sport to economics, deviance, violence, power, and ethics.
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