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SOCI 344 - Sport in Society

4.00 credit hours
An historical-comparative analysis of sport across time and cultures and its uses in ancient, medieval and modern societies is undertaken. Examines work-leisure patterns that developed over the course of American history. Primary consideration of the urban, industrial and commercial processes that contributed to culture formation, with particular emphases on class and gender relations, commercialized leisure practices and the impact of the mass media in the formation of value systems.

Cardinal Directions Designation(s): U.S. Power Structures.
iCon(s): Challenging Inequity, Engaging Civic Life.


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