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Devonport, Tracey J., Russell, Kate 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-8631, Leflay, Kath and Conway, Jennifer
(2019)
Gendered performances and identity construction among UK female soccer players and netballers: a comparative study.
Sport in Society, 22 (7).
pp. 1131-1147.
ISSN 1743-0437
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Abstract
This paper examines the gendered performances and identity construction of UK female University soccer players and netballers (n = 31). Focus group interviews explored their sporting experiences with reference to body perceptions, and perceptions of their sporting bodies outside sporting contexts. Three themes resulted from data analysis, these being; (1) UK culture, body performances and femininity, (2) sporting culture, body performances and femininity and (3) transiency of body satisfaction across sport and non-sport contexts. Findings suggest that sport may not always provide an opportunity to challenge and resist dominant discourses. In both netball and soccer, a range of surveillance and management practices were used that served to perpetuate the value of a ‘feminine’ and assumed heterosexual body, and legitimize their sport participation through an emphasis on a hyper-femininity. The influence of sport subcultures on gendered performances and identity construction, along with implications for marketing sports participation to women are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | body image,body performance,masculine,feminine,transiency |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Sport, Health And Education |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2018 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 04:18 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69162 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17430437.2018.1504773 |
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