Women, Sport, and Film Course
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
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Spring 2004 |
A five part series that will explore the role of women and sport as seen
through documentaries and popular film. Students will view films and
discuss women in sports in relation to how women's images are framed in sport:
This course will be taught by Amy
Campbell, Bryn Mawr College Director of Athletics and Physical Education
since 1999. A
four sport pre-title IX varsity collegiate athlete, Amy now enjoys hiking. Assisting
in the film and conversation on society, class and gender, will be History of
Art Ph.D. candidate Mya Mangawang. A 1995 All-American
in lacrosse, Mya more recently was the first place woman in the Maine Marathon.
To promote a richer and broader discussion, students will participate in
on-line discussion. Organization of the on-line forums and of web materials
is the responsibility of Paul Grobstein,
director of the Center for Science in Society at
Bryn Mawr College, and Ann
Dixon, BMC '83, Serendip's webmaster, both co-founders of the Serendip
website. In addition to their weekly forum writing, students will prepare
a three page final paper related to the material of the course which will be
posted together with other course materials as a contribution to continuing
discussion of issues related to women and sport.
Bryn Mawr has a long and storied history of supporting sport and physical education.
Constance Applebee, Bryn Mawr's first director of physical education was responsible
for bringing field hockey to the United States and oversaw its rise in the early
1900's as a rigorous outdoor team sport for women. The effort to discuss the
issues that affect women's sport, more than a century after Constance Applebee
first developed the physical education and sport programs at Bryn Mawr, reflects
an understanding that sport and the culture of sport are pervasive features
of contemporary society. They mirror and refract, in ways both positive and
not, society's image of women. Understanding the culture of sport and how women
are portrayed through film and documentaries is important to the broader understanding
of the role women play in today's society.
At Bryn Mawr, the course will meet from 7 pm to 10 pm on successive Thursdays beginning January 29 in Carpenter 21.
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