CHLT 112 CH -Racial & Cultural Pol of Boxing

Institution: Pitzer

Description: “You Don’t Play Boxing”: The Racial and Cultural Politics of the Sweet Science Working from the idea that “you don’t play boxing”, this course introduces students to an exploitative and high-risk sport that vastly differs from other professional sporting organizations. Starting in the late 19th century, students will interrogate the sociopolitical, historical, and cultural dimensions of boxing and the ways fighters have disrupted and reinforced dominant understandings of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation. Collectively, we will ask: What does boxing tell us about the world? What does it obscure? What are the implications? From the breaking of the color line to analyzing mega-fight events, this course goes beyond the winners and losers.

Prerequisite(s): See the current course schedule for registration restrictions.

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