<p>Lecture, three hours. Recommended requisite: course 10. From Don Imus’ 2007 “nappy-headed hos” comment to controversies about transgender athletes or athletes with prosthetics; from covers of magazines to violence in Dodger’s Stadium parking lot; footballers not standing during national anthem, college men’s teams rating women’s teams in terms of sexual positions, unionization of athletes—discourses of sport draw heavily upon extant ideologies of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Introduction to critical analyses of social categories and how they are represented and reproduced in various sports and media. Critical examination of historical social values and how they are reproduced through sport. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Gender Studies

Combining rigorous, inclusive pedagogy with opportunities for co-curricular activities—including research, internships, and community engagement—the College provides students with diverse learning experiences that helps them thrive, become critical thinkers, and transform society.

College of Letters and Science

Students develop a deep appreciation for complexities of power and asymmetries in gender relations across time, class, and cultures; and conceptual tools for social change.

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Sporting Bodies

GENDER160

4 units