KIN 3305 1st Edition Lecture 25 Race and Ethnicity in Sport Outline of Previous Lecture I Spectator Aggression or Fan Violence cont II Situational factors contributing to fan violence III Celebratory Riots Violence IV Fan Enjoyment and Violence V New Forms of Violence VI Athletes and On the Field Violence VII Masculinity and Violence VIII Femininity and Violence IX Violence as Strategy X Commercialization and Sport Violence Outline of Current Lecture I Cultural Propaganda II Film Depictions and Characterizations III Global Racism Current Lecture I Cultural Propaganda a The proliferation and perpetuation of negative racial ideologies toward a group or culture through various sources b The overemphasis of one group over another via customs mores norms visual and written medias etc c Coakley 1992 noted that this was pervasive in Great Britain during its colonization of indigenous groups during the 19th and early 20th century d The Edgar Rice Burrough s Tarzan of the Apes 1914 novels are classic examples of cultural propaganda e The Tarzan character was perceived to be a British cultural role model i He was ruler of the jungle kind caring and civil ii He established order in an uncivilized environment via physical strength and intellect iii He was British by birth These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute f II III Tarzan novels heavily distributed in countries colonized by Great Britain i Economic system based on slave labor India Africa etc ii Novels helped justify the domination of people of color g Parallels drawn between Tarzan and Sylvester Stallone s Rocky Balboa Great White Hope i Rocky was the nationalistic boxer who protected America from the evil forces from within Clubber Lange and outside Drago the country Film Depictions and Characterizations a Contemporary film studies highlight some of the issues trends and shortcomings of the motion picture industry pertaining to the depiction and characterization of minority athletes in sport films Global Racism a The notion of the natural black athlete b Black superiority in sport as a result of genetic make up c Genetic make up gives blacks an edge over others in sport C d Success of African distance runners leads to notions e Success of African Americans in certain sports basketball track football boxing f Bale and Sang suggested that individuals must examine many factors culture social conditions social significance of sport etc as opposed to genetic notions to account for sport success among groups
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