Week 20 Hoop Dreams Analysis work sheet PDF

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Hoop Dreams Analysis work sheet- Week 20

Name………………………………

Pathway……………………..

During the week 20 you will be watching an important documentary that follows two innercity Chicago residents as they follow their dreams of becoming basketball superstars.

During these sessions you will have to complete the following worksheet that has been designed to help you apply social theories and perspectives to analyse the documentary.

Functionalist perspective

1. In what way does the hoop dream assist in the smooth running of society?

2. In what way does the hoop dream detract from the smooth running of society?

3. What social values and norms are privileged in the world of the hoop dream?

4. How are Arthur and William motivated to pursue the hoop dream by rewards?

5. Do you think that the rewards accurately reflect the work and motivation that it takes for Arthur and William to attain them?

Conflict perspective

6. Do you think that the characters in the film feel exploited?

7. Who holds the power in the hoop dream?

8. What might a Marxist suggest that the athletes do about this?

Figurational Perspective

9. To what extent is the hoop dream a recent phenomenon?

10. What are the historical and social processes underlying the hoop dream?

Feminist Perspective

11. What is the role of women within the hoop dream?

12. Why do women have this role?

Critical Perspective

13. How do the characters within hoop dreams resist traditional ideologies?

14. How is the hoop dream influenced by the dynamic of power in social life?

15. How might the existence hoop dream impact society?

Interactionist Perspective

16. How are the characters self-images influenced by their basketball success and failures?

17. Can you notice any examples of the “presentation of the self” in the film? (What do they wear? How do they talk? How do they have their bedrooms?)

18. How does your own “self” affect how you interpret the film and how you feel about the characters?

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