Soccer and Society in the Spanish-Speaking World

Catalog description

This multidisciplinary course examines soccer as a way to understand problems present in Spanish modern societies. The course examines how soccer explains the Spanish-speaking world in terms of justice and power, and looks through historical, sociological, psychological, linguistic and political questions to address the pressing current questions of Hispanic societies: how does soccer deal with problems of inequality such as racism, sexism, immigration, poverty, nationalism, etc.? Soccer –known as fútbol in Spanish- is most popular sport in the world and in most Spanish-speaking countries it has become the national pastime, the only exceptions being the Caribbean countries. Taught in Spanish.