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Lecture Notes

Some of you might be wondering: why are we talking about science? This is a course about sport and modern society . . . My answer is Giulianotti's answer: we have to think more largely about where sport fits into systems of power. Or as Giulianotti puts it: "sport cannot be analytically dislocated from other domains of structured power" (72). The definitions of race and evidence of racism that exist in other aspects of society are often transferred to sport. As we have seen all semester: sport is not separate from other parts of society; sport is simply one more aspect of modern society. By studying sport, we begin to understand society; by studying society, we begin to understand sport.