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Sport and Sexuality: (Nearly) the Last Bastion of Sexism and Homophobia
Historically, sport has been synonymous with masculinity and heterosexuality. How has this definition has been challenged by the explosive growth of female sport? What has been the impact of Title IX? Why are the popular images of male and female athletes so different? We will explore these topics through video clips, interview excerpts and slides.
Suggested Readings:
1. Mrozek, Donald. \"The 'Amazon' and the American 'Lady'.\" In The New American Sport History, 198-214. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997.
2. Cahn, Susan. \"Beauty and the Butch.\" In Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth Century Women's Sports, 164-184. New York: The Free Press, 1994
Erin McCarthy, Ph.D., History Lecturer, Department of Liberal Education
Dr. McCarthy received her Ph.D. in history from Loyola University Chicago in 1994. Her dissertation, Making Men: the Life and Career of Amos Alonzo Stagg, 1863 - 1933, looks at athletics and higher education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She has been teaching the History of Sport in the United States at Columbia College Chicago since 1993.
WHERE? CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, 78 EAST WASHINGTON, 5TH FLOOR EAST MEETING ROOM Historically, sport has been synonymous with masculinity and heterosexuality. How has this definition has been challenged by the explosive growth of female sport? What has been the impact of Title IX? Why are the popular images of male and female athletes so different? We will explore these topics through video clips, interview excerpts and slides.
Suggested Readings:
1. Mrozek, Donald. \"The 'Amazon' and the American 'Lady'.\" In The New American Sport History, 198-214. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997.
2. Cahn, Susan. \"Beauty and the Butch.\" In Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth Century Women's Sports, 164-184. New York: The Free Press, 1994
Erin McCarthy, Ph.D., History Lecturer, Department of Liberal Education
Dr. McCarthy received her Ph.D. in history from Loyola University Chicago in 1994. Her dissertation, Making Men: the Life and Career of Amos Alonzo Stagg, 1863 - 1933, looks at athletics and higher education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She has been teaching the History of Sport in the United States at Columbia College Chicago since 1993.
WHEN? 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. March 4, 2004
HOW MUCH? FREE
FOR INFORMATION: CALL 312-744-6630
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