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Direct linkFernandez-Lasa, Uxue; Usabiaga Arruabarrena, Oidui; Lozano-Sufrategui, Lorena; Drew, Kevin J. – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
The aim of this paper is to explore how female players of Basque pelota (pelotaris) construct their gender identity in a traditionally masculine sport. The theory of performativity is used to understand how females negotiate, resist or challenge the dominant gender discourse. Data were collected through 10 in-depth interviews with players. Through…
Descriptors: Females, Racquet Sports, Sexual Identity, Gender Bias
Bevan, Nadia; Drummond, Claire; Abery, Liz; Elliott, Sam; Pennesi, Jamie-Lee; Prichard, Ivanka; Lewis, Lucy K.; Drummond, Murray – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
In Australian culture, males dominate sports such as football, cricket and Australian Rules Football. Girls and women in such sports are frequently required to negotiate persistent gender constructs and stereotypes. Despite this, in recent years there has been an increase in girls' participation in sports that are constructed as masculine. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Females, Sex Stereotypes
Holland-Smith, David – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
This research aims to address the paucity of research exploring the impact of formative experiences shaping the trajectory of young people entering higher education outdoor education programmes. Ten participants (n=10) were recruited from a college outdoor education programme this consisted of 6 male (n=6) age range 18-26 and 4 Females (n=4) age…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Higher Education, College Students, Masculinity
lisahunter – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
At an embodied and personal level this paper plays with what Evans, J., & Davies, B. (2011. New directions, new questions? Social theory, education and embodiment. "Sport, Education & Society," 16(3), 263-278) suggests are 'the complexity and nuances of biology in culture and the influence of body pedagogies in the production of…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Social Justice, Athletics, Human Body
Hayhurst, Lyndsay M. C.; Giles, Audrey R.; Wright, Jan – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
This paper uses transnational postcolonial feminist participatory action research (TPFPAR) to examine two sport for development and peace (SDP) initiatives that focus on Indigenous young women residing in urban areas, one in Vancouver, Canada, and one in Perth, Australia. We examine how SDP programs that target urban Indigenous young women and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Urban Areas, Indigenous Populations
Olive, Rebecca; McCuaig, Louise; Phillips, Murray G. – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Research analysing the operation of power within sport and physical activity has exposed the marginalisation and exclusion of women's sport in explicit and institutionalised ways. However, for women in recreational and alternative physical activities like surfing, sporting experiences lie outside institutionalised structures, thus requiring…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Females, Aquatic Sports, Womens Athletics
