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SOC 321K (45555)/KIN 350 (11523)

University of Texas at Austin Maymester 2013 ,

Course Leader Professor Ben Carrington Department of Sociology Burdine Hall 570 Phone (US office): 512 232 6341 Phone (UK cell): 07932 915425 Email: [email protected]

Course introduction

This course uses sport as a way to understand the complex history and contemporary realities of English society. Sport holds an important place within English life, shaping its identity and the everyday lives of millions of English women and men. From the centrality of in helping to mold the cultural practices and mores of the , to the importance of soccer (“”) in promoting national identities within the of and , to the ways in which women and racial minorities have used sport to achieve social mobility and recognition, sport remains one of the most powerful ways to understand the changing of English society in the 21st century.

The course will be located in Leeds, a city in the north of England, that was once at the of the and that has been transformed into a post-industrial, urban metropolis, known more for its bars, restaurants, and sporting teams than the mills and factories that once made it one of Britain’s major manufacturing cities. Given this unique location, the course will explore the internal divisions around class and region that are central to understanding English (and British) identity, particularly the tensions between “the north” and “the south” and the other strong regional identities that make up England. Students will learn how and why different socio-economic classes play different , why some sports are played in certain parts of England and not others, and discover the British origins of American sports such as football and . The course also introduces students to the ways in which sociologists have examined social identities such as race, gender, sexuality, class, and region and how these in turn help us to understand English national identity.

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Course outline

Before going to Leeds the class will meet three times in the Spring 2012 semester in Austin in order to understand the course content, what to expect once in Leeds, to answer questions and concerns about the process of travelling abroad and securing visas, and to begin to think critically about the history and and the role of sport in shaping English identity. More specifically we will explore the structures of the British state, the differences between national identity and citizenship, and the class-inflected distinctions that exist in England between “the north” and “the south”.

The course is divided into four broad thematic issues, related to questions of (1) national and regional identity (2) gender (3) class and (4) race. Each topic (and therefore each week) will include (1) an overview of key sociological issues, (2) a guest lecture from a leading expert in that field that explores some of these issues in the context of Leeds, the North, and England, (3) a related film, (4) a field trip, and (5) student led presentations reflecting upon the week’s discussions and experiences. The course is designed so that students will see how the broad thematic issues that are separated into different weeks for pragmatic reasons are in fact inter- related so that by the end of the course students will have developed a sophisticated ability to understand both the complexity of English society and the importance of sport to identity, politics and everyday life in England and Britain. Students will be expected to read up to five chapters/essays each week from the course reader.

Suggested further reading on Leeds, the north, England, sport and culture: Kester Aspden (2007) The Hounding of David Oluwale (Vintage). Peter Bramham and Stephen Wagg. (eds.) (2009) Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern Northern City (Ashgate). Anthony Clavane (2010) Promised Land: My Love Affair with Football (Yellow ). Kate Fox (2004) Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior (Hodder). Richard Hoggart (1957) The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life with Special reference to Publications and (Penguin). Jeff Hill and Jack Williams (eds) (1996) Sport and Identity in the North of England (Keele University Press). Mark Perryman (2006) Ingerland: With a Football Nation (Simon and Schuster). Caryl Phillips (2011) Colour Me English (Harvill Secker). Robert Young (2008) The Idea of English Ethnicity (Blackwell).

The following novels will give you a literary insight into contemporary Englishness Monica Ali, Brick Lane Julian Barnes, England, England Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch Andrea Levy, Small Island Caryl Phillips, In the Falling Snow Zadie , White Teeth

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Week-by-week outline

Saturday May 26th: Arrival at Carnegie Village, Headingley Campus, Leeds No class, students should familiarize themselves with the Leeds Met campus, Headingley and complete essential readings for the following week.

Sunday May 27th Leeds: Maymester Orientation Fairfax 121: 10am-12noon -Welcome to Leeds: Cultural history of Leeds, Professors Ben Carrington and Max Farrar – we will also provide information on exploring “the North”.

Tour of Leeds: 12noon-5pm (will include distribution of bus passes, purchase and distribution of cell phones and time)

Essential reading*: Bramham, P. and Wagg, S. (2009) “Chapter 1: Introduction”, in Bramham, P. and Wagg, S. (eds.) Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern northern City (Ashgate). Douglas, J. (2009) “Chapter 3: Cranes Over the City: The Centre of Leeds, 1980-2008”, in Bramham, P. and Wagg, S. (eds.) Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern Northern City (Ashgate). Carrington, B. (2009) “Chapter 6: Leeds and the Topographies of Race: In Six Scenes”, in Bramham, P. and Wagg, S. (eds.) Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern northern City (Ashgate). Wagg, S. and Bramham, P. (2009) “Chapter 10: Barcelona of the North? Reflections on Postmodern Leeds”, in Bramham, P. and Wagg, S. (eds.) Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern northern City (Ashgate).

* Each essential reading must be completed before each session. It is important that you read ahead and try to complete as much reading as you can before you arrive in England. Most of the formal lectures require you to have completed between one to three readings. A course reading pack with all the essential readings is available from Paradigm Books 407 West 24th Street and should be purchased before you leave for England.

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Week 1 Sport and English Society: Nationalism and identity

Monday 28th May Help Zone: 9am We will meet at the Help Zone in the Student Union building to collect our student identification cards Headingley Campus, Carnegie Sports Centre: 11am Induction and registration at the Sports Centre

Tuesday 29th May Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Lecture: Introduction to the sociology of nationalism and the importance of regional identity within the United Kingdom and England. Essential reading: Polley, M. (1998) “Chapter 2: Sport, the Nation and the World” in Moving the Goalposts: A and society since 1945 (Routledge). Fox, K. (2004) “Rules of Play”, in Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior (Hodder). Headingley Campus, Carnegie library facilities tour: 1pm

Wednesday 30th May Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Film and discussion: Chariots of Fire (1981).

Thursday 31st May Carnegie Pavilion 335: 9am-12 noon, Professor Jonathan Long, Leeds Metropolitan University Guest Lecture: “England, Sport and the ‘The North’” Essential reading: Crabbe, T. (2004) “englandfans - a new club for a new England? Social inclusion, authenticity and the performance of Englishness at ‘home’ and ‘away’”, in Leisure Studies, 23 (1) 63-78.

Friday 1st June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Lecture: Summary of the sociology of nationalism and the importance of regional identity within the United Kingdom and England. Cricket coaching session: 1pm, square in front of Fairfax Hall, Harwood Williams

Sunday 3rd June Field Trip 1: Sport and the English 1: 45pm Carnegie Club versus Northamptonshire Steelbacks, professional one day cricket match (40 overs) – we will meet at 1:00pm outside the Carnegie Village and walk to the ground.

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Week 2: Sport and English Society: Gender and sexuality

Monday 4th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington 30 Minute Student Presentation on Field Trip 1: Sport and the English Game Lecture: An introduction to the sociology of gender and sexuality. Essential reading: Connell, R. (2002) “Chapter 1: The Question of Gender”, Gender (Polity Press). Polley, M. (1998) “Chapter 4: Sport and Gender” in Moving the Goalposts: A history of sport and society since 1945 (Routledge).

Tuesday 5th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Dr. Beccy Watson, Leeds Metropolitan University Guest Lecture: “Gender, Leisure and Sport” - Plans for second field trip. Essential reading: Scraton, S. and Flintoff, A. (2002) (eds) “Chapter 3: Sport Feminism: The contribution of feminist thought to our understandings of gender and sport”, in Gender and Sport: A Reader (Routedge). Wellard, I. (2007) “Exploring the Limits of Queer and Sport: Gay Men Playing ”, in n J. Caudwell (ed.) Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory (Routedge).

All students hand-in their two page summaries of Field Trip 1

Wednesday 6th June Field Trip 2: Sport, Commodification and Urban Regeneration Fairfax, meet at 9am for departure for Manchester Sport City, EIS arrive at 11am, brunch. Velodrome tour 12-1pm and track session 1-2pm, depart for at 2:30pm. Old Trafford, Manchester United football club, Educational talk 3pm, 3:45pm ; 4:30pm Stadium tour; 5:30pm visit the Megastore; 6pm depart for Leeds.

Thursday 7th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Film and discussion: Green Street Hooligans (2005).

Friday 8th June 30 Minute Student Presentation on Field Trip 2: Sport, Commodification and Urban Regeneration Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Lecture: Summary of the sociology of gender and sexuality, and sports within England.

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Week 3: Sport and English Society: Class and Identity

Monday 11th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Lecture: An introduction to the sociology of class and the importance of sport within English society I. Essential reading: Dworkin, D. (2007) “Chapter 1: The Making of Class”, in Class Struggles (Pearson Longman). Polley, M. (1998) “Chapter 5: Sport, Social Class and Professional Status” in Moving the Goalposts: A history of sport and society since 1945 (Routledge).

All students hand-in their two page summaries of Field Trip 2

Tuesday 12th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Lecture: An introduction to the sociology of class and the importance of sport within English society II.

All students discuss idea for final essay with Professor Carrington

Wednesday 13th June Carnegie Pavilion 332: 9am-12 noon, Professor Karl Spracklen, Leeds Metropolitan University Guest Lecture: “Class, Identity and ” Essential reading: Spracklen, K. (2009) “Chapter 8: Dreams of Parkside and Barley Mow”, in Bramham, P. and Wagg, S. (eds.) Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern Northern City (Ashgate).

Thursday 14th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Film and discussion: This Sporting Life (1963). Plans for third field trip.

All students must confirm title for final essay with Professor Carrington

Friday 15th June Field Trip 3: Cricket, Class and Nation Fairfax, meet at 9am for departure for Lord’s cricket ground tour, London, 2:30pm

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Week 4: Sport and English Society: Race and ethnicity

Monday 18th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington 30 Minute Student Presentation on Field Trip 3: Cricket, Class and Nation Lecture: An introduction to the sociology of race and ethnicity, and the role of sport in multicultural England. Essential reading: Carrington, B. (2010) “Sporting Multiculturalism: Nationalism, Belonging and Identity”, in Race, Sport and Politics (Sage). How to play : 1pm, square in front of Fairfax

Monday 18th June Field Trip 4: Rugby League and Northern Sports 8pm versus Wildcats – we will meet at 7pm outside the Carnegie Village and walk to the ground.

Tuesday 19th June 30 Minute Student Presentation on Field Trip 4: Rugby League and Northern Sports Carnegie Pavilion 335: 9am-12 noon, Dr. Aarti Ratna, Leeds Metropolitan University Guest Lecture: “Race, Sport and English Identity” Essential reading: Ratna, A. (2011) “Chapter 8: Flying the Flag for England? National Identities and British Asian Female Footballers”, in Burdsey, D. (ed.) Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues (Routledge).

All students hand-in their two page summaries of Field Trip 3

Wednesday 20th June Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon, Professor Ben Carrington Film and discussion: Bend it Like Beckham (2002).

All students hand-in their two page summaries of Field Trip 4

Thursday 21st June No class, students should complete final essay due Friday

Friday 22nd June FINAL CLASS DAY Fairfax 121: 9am-12 noon: Professor Ben Carrington Lecture: Conclusion to the course and summary of the key themes, course evaluations, final essay submitted, help with/advice for students who are either returning home or staying in Europe.

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Assessment criteria There are two aspects to how the final grade is reached: 1. 40% Two page critical summary of each field trip (each summary will be worth 10% of your final grade). 2. 60% Final synoptic ten page essay drawing on the lectures, field trips and readings – essay title to be agreed with Professor Ben Carrington during Week 3. Handed in on Friday June 22nd.

Guide to further reading: For your final essays, you should search the main journals that carry articles on sociology and sport, particularly the Sociology of Sport Journal (SSJ), the Journal of Sport and Social Issues (JSSI), the International Review for the Sociology of Sport (IRSS), and the journal Leisure Studies (LS). Hard copies of these are available in the Carnegie library and online via the UT library catalogue. In addition, the following books will provide useful information for your essays.

Bramham, P. and Wagg, S. (eds.) (2009) Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern northern City, Ashgate. Burdsey, D. (2007) British Asians and Football: Culture, Identity, Exclusion, Routledge. Aitchison, C. (2007) Sport & Gender Identities: Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities, Routledge. Carrington, B. (2010) Race, Sport and Politics, Sage. Carrington, B. and McDonald, I. (2009) (Eds) Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport, Routledge. Caudwell, J. (2006) Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory, Routledge. Coakley, J. (2009, 10th edition) Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies, McGraw-Hill. Coakley, J. and Dunning, E. (eds.) 2000. Handbook of Sport Studies, Sage. Colley, L. (1992) Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837, Yale University Press. Dunning, E. (1999) Sport Matters, Routledge. Eitzen, S. (2006, 3rd ed.) Fair and Foul: Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport, Rowman & Littlefield. Giulianotti, R. (ed.) 2004. Sport and Modern Social Theorists, Palgrave. Giulianotti, R. (2005) Sport: A Critical Sociology, Polity Press. Gruneau, R. (1999, 2nd ed.) Class, Sport, and Social Development, Human Kinetics. Guttmann, A. (2004) Sports: The First Five Millennia, University of Massachusetts Press. Hargreaves, J. (1986) Sport, Power and Culture, Polity. Hargreaves, J. (1994) Sporting Females, Routledge. Hargreaves, J. (2001) Heroines of Sport, Routledge. Holt, R. (1992) Sport and the British, Oxford University Press. Horne, J. et al (1999) Understanding Sport, Routledge. Hughson, J., Inglis, D. and Free, M. (2005) The Uses of Sport: A Critical Study, Routledge. Hylton, K. (2009) ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory, Routledge. Jarvie, G. (2006) Sport Culture and Society, Routledge. Jarvie, G. and Maguire, J. (1994) Sport and Leisure in Social Thought, Routledge.

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Maguire, J. and Young, K. (eds.) (2002) Theory, Sport and Society, Elsevier . Maguire, J. et al. (2002) Sport Worlds, Human Kinetics. Markovits, A. and Hellerman, S. (2001) Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism, Princeton University Press. Marwick, A. (2003, 4th ed.) British Society Since 1945, Penguin Books. Polley, M. (1998) Moving the Goalposts: A History of Sport and Society, Routledge. Scraton, S. and Flintoff, A. (eds.) (2001) Gender and Sport: A Reader, Routledge. Smart, B. (2005) The Sport Star: Modern Sport and the Cultural Economy of Sporting Celebrity, Sage. Spracklen, K. and Long, J. (eds.) (2011) Sport and Challenges to Racism, Palgrave. Sugden, J. and Tomlinson, A. (eds.) (2002) Power Games: A Critical Sociology of Sport, Routledge. Sugden, J. and Tomlinson, A. (eds.) (2011) Watching the Olympics: Politics, Power and Representation, Routledge. Tomlinson, A. (1999) The Game’s Up, Arena. Tomlinson, A. (2005) Sport and Leisure , University of Minnesota Press. Lenskyj, H. and Wagg, S. (eds.) (2012) The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies, Palgrave.

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