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Strandbu, Åse, Hegna, Kristinn |
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Sport in Society; Jan2006, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p108-127, 20p |
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The experience of gender identity in relation to exercise and sport participation is discussed in this essay on the basis of interviews with young women in a non-elite basketball team in Norway. We conclude that skills and values previously identified as masculine tend not to be at conflict with general gender scripts for young women. Girls' participation in sports appears not to be accompanied by threatened gender identities or gender battles, but rather by prudent negotiation and expansion of gender scripts. Furthermore, we discuss whether or not sports participation can be seen as progressive for women by empowering the body-subject and counteracting objectifying discourses about the female body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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