131-021 Australian Sporting Culture A: Playing

Note

Formerly available as 131-204/304. Students who have completed 131-204 or 131-304 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

June Senyard

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year history, see Prerequisites.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject examines the organisation and expansion of organised sport in Australian society and its cultural significance with reference to the themes of modernity, capitalism, the body, myth and hegemony. Students will be expected to reflect critically upon the relationship between sport and the changing social and economic context, to analyse the formation of images of sport in Australian culture and to demonstrate research and communication skills.

Assessment

Class participation, and written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.



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