Lehrende/r: John Richard Duke
Veranstaltungsart: Proseminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Proseminar II
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 45
Anmeldegruppe: Proseminar II American Studies
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Inhalt: In the last decade of the 19th century, many American cities began what they called the "playground movement." Men and women of the progressive era believed that supervised areas for play could help in the development of children. The playground became a place for swimming, sliding, and running. It also soon became a place for basketball. American writer, John Edgar Wideman, calls playground basketball "the most democratic of games." This course will explore what the playground, and especially playground basketball, has meant in American history and literature. Driving our discussion will be books about playground basketball in African-American, Native-American, and Chinese-American Culture. We will also use shorter texts that will be available on ReaderPlus. Each student will be encouraged to use these texts and other research to produce a well constructed research paper. Other requirements of students will differ depending on their chosen course of study. Please obtain and read the following texts before the course begins: Alexie, Sherman. The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. 2007, 2009. Wideman, John Edgar. Hoop Roots: Playground Basketball, Love, and Race. 2001. Yep, Kathleen S. Yep. Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground. 2009.
