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Soccer Politics Spring 2014, Duke University History 266-01/ Romance Studies 204-01/ French 362-01
Discussion Sections: Thursdays 10:05-11:20 in Different Locations according to Language: English: 209 East Duke (Laurent Dubois) French Section 1: 107 Social Sciences (Sandie Blaise) German: 306 Allen (Corinna Kahnke) Spanish: 207 Languages (Sylvia Serrano) Lecture and English Section taught by Laurent Dubois Departments of History and Romance Studies laurent.dubois@duke.edu Foreign Language Pedagogy & Digital Work Coordinator: Deborah Reisinger (debsreis@duke.edu) French Section Taught by Sandie Blaise (sandie.blaise@duke.edu) German Section Taught by Corinna Khanke (corinna.kahnke@duke.edu) Spanish Section Taught by Silvia Serrano (silvia.serrano@duke.edu) This course explores the history of soccer and of its premier competition, the World Cup, in order to understand how and why it has become the most popular sport in the world. We will examine the development and spread of the game, the institutions that have grown up around it (such as F.I.F.A.), and the economics of the sport. We will also study the biographies of legendary players and the return to legendary World Cup games stretching from the 1930s to 2006. Throughout the course, we will focus particularly on the way in which soccer condenses, channels, and at times transforms politics. Our examples will be drawn from Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. We will read works of history, anthropology, literature, journalism, as well as memoirs and biographies, and watch several documentary and feature films as well as clips of classic games. The writing for the class will focus on producing material for the Soccer Politics Blog (sites.duke.edu/wcwp), which already includes many materials and is widely read as well as cited by media outlets. In anticipation of the 2015 Women’s World Cup, we will focus particular attention on the history of women’s football, and students will work collectively to create a set of online resources aimed at increasing the visibility and attention paid to the competition and to players from throughout the world. The course will include class visits and culminate in a symposium on the 2015 Women’s World Cup. Students can take the course either in English or in one of several foreign languages – French, German, and Spanish. In the foreign language sections, students will work with instructors to gather journalistic and literary materials in the language and prepare portions of the Soccer Politics website in that language with the goal of dialoguing with fans and constituencies in the relevant countries. Required Books Available at the Duke University bookstore in the Bryan Center. David Goldblatt, The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer (New York: Riverhead, 2008). ISBN: 1594482969 Edouardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow (New York: Verso Press, 2003). ISBN: 1-85984-423-5. (Note: Students in the Spanish section will read this book in the original). John Turnbull, Thom Satterlee and Alon Raab, eds., The Global Game: Writers on Soccer (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008). ISBN: 978-0-8032-1078-3 Peter Alegi, African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World’s Game (Ohio University Press, 2010). ISBN: 0896802787 Chris Gaffney, Temples of the Earthbound Gods: Stadiums in the Cultural Landscape of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008) ISBN: 978-0-292-72165-4 Gail Newsham, In A League of Their Own! The Dick, Kerr Ladies, 1917-1965 (London: Paragon Publishing, 2014) ISBN: 1782221832 Jean Williams, A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives of Women’s Football (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 1996) ISBN: 1845206754 Additional Required Books for English Section Jere Longman, The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed the World (New York: Harper, 2001) ISBN: 0060934689 Paul Cuadros, A Home on the Field: How One Championship Soccer Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America (New York: IT Books, 2007) ISBN: 0061120286 Additional Required Books for French Section Fatou Diome, Le Ventre de l’Atlantique (Paris: Anne Carrière, 2003) ISBN: 978-2843372384 Lilian Thuram, 8 Juillet 1998 (Paris: Anne Carrière, 2004) ISBN: 2-84337-241-0 Additional Required Books for Spanish Section Edouardo Galeano, El futbol a sol y sombra (Madrid: Siglo XXI Editores, 2006). ISBN: 843231255X (Instead of English version) Eduardo Sacheri, La vida que pensamos: Cuentos de futbol (Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2013) ISBN: 6071127661 Adolfina Janson. Se acabo ese juego que te hace hacia feliz. Buenos Aires: Aurelio Rivera, 2008. ISBN: 3848478811 Additional readings are available on the Sakai Site for the course. Syllabus January 8: Introductions and Welcome January 13/15 What is Soccer? Why is it the “Global Game”? Reading: The Global Game # 22, 35, 41, and 49. Sakai: Christian Bromberger, “Football as World-View and Ritual,” French Cultural Studies 6 (1995): 293-311 Andrei S. Markovits, “The Other ‘American Exceptionalism’: Why Is There No Soccer in the United States?” Praxis 2 (1998), 125-150.
The Origins and Travels of Football: A Historical Overview Reading: Goldblatt, The Ball is Round, Foreword, Introduction and Part I (Chapters 1-3) Galeano, Soccer, 1-54
The Consolidation of Football and the Origins of the World Cup Reading: Goldblatt, The Ball is Round, Part II (Chapters 4-7) Galeano, Soccer, 54-85
The Early History Women’s Football Reading: Gail Newsham, In A League of Their Own! The Dick, Kerr Ladies, 1917-1965 Jean Williams, The Beautiful Game, Introduction and Chapter 3
Media, Politics and the Changing Face of Football in Europe: 1950s-1960s. Reading: Goldblatt, The Ball is Round, Chapters 9 and 11 Galeano, Soccer, 85-133
Alistair Reid, “The World Cup,” The New Yorker, September 10, 1966 February 17/19 Empire and Football in Africa Reading: Alegi, African Soccerscapes, Introduction and Chapters 1-3 Goldblatt, The Ball is Round, Chapter 12
Football and Decolonization in Africa Reading: Alegi, African Soccerscapes, Chapters 4 and 6 Goldblatt, The Ball is Round, Chapters 16 and 20
Society and Football in Brazil and Argentina Reading: Goldblatt, The Ball is Round, Chapter 10 Gaffney, Temples of the Earthbound Gods
Football and Dictatorship in Latin America Reading: Goldblatt, The Ball is Round, Chapter 15 Galeano, Soccer, 133-168.
Grant Farred, Long Distance Love: A Passion for Football (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008), 60-81. March 24/26: Global Football and Immigration Reading: English Section: Paul Cuadros, A Home on the Field French Section: Lilian Thuram, Le 8 Juillet 1998 Spanish Section: Find and report on materials from Spanish language U.S. media.
Reading:
Global Game # 32 Laurent Dubois, “The Hijab on the Pitch” http://thefeministwire.com/2012/08/the-hijab-on-the-pitch/ Jean Williams, A Beautiful Game, Chapters1, 2 and 4
Houchang E. Chehabi, “The Politics of Football in Iran,” Soccer and Society 7: 2–3 (April–July 2006), 233–261.
English Section: Jere Longman, The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed the World (New York: Harper Collins, 2000) Spanish Section: Adolfina Janson. Se acabo ese juego que te hace hacia feliz. French Section: Find and report on materials from French media on women’s football. Friday, April 10: Symposium on the Women’s World Cup April 14/16 Presentations on 2015 Women’s World Cup Pages April 21: Presentations on 2015 Women’s World Cup Pages Final Pages Due April 25th Download 23.6 Kb. Share with your friends:
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