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Invincible bodies: American sport media’s racialization of Black and white college football players
Siduri J Haslerig , Rican Vue, Sara E Grummert First Published November 15, 2018 Research Article Abstract As the most watched college sport broadcast of all time, the US Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN)’s College GameDay (CGD) is one...
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Women in sports leadership: A systematic narrative review
, Gertrud U Pfister First Published April 5, 2020 Research Article Abstract Gender inequity in sport organisation boards, particularly in decision-making positions, remains a significant issue. Considerable research exists on the topic yet attempts to...
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LES CRISES DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE Entre incompétence et compromissions
Antonio Furone Questions contemporaines ACTUALITÉ SOCIALE ET POLITIQUE SANTÉ, MÉDECINE On regroupe, sous le même vocable de crise sanitaire, aussi bien de minables arrangements que d'affreuses tragédies avec deux constantes : incompétence et compromissions....
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“Finally Something for Us”: Black Girls Run! and Racialized Space-Making in Recreational Running
par Alicia Smith-Tran Abstract This study uses life story interviews to understand the utility of Black Girls Run!—a predominantly Black organization for women who engage in recreational distance running. Drawing from Neckerman, Carter, and Lee’s conceptual...
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The Heart of the Game: Girls, Sports and the Limits of “Empowerment”
First Published January 11, 2020 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/0193723519898705 Article information Abstract As one of the most widely celebrated documentaries about female athletes to date, The Heart of the Game...
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“If I’m sailing with a girl, I get identified as a ‘marshmallow’ ”: Gendered practices of school sport sailing in Western France and California
Anne SCHMITT, Matthew Atencio, Gaëlle Sempé First Published January 8, 2020 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/1012690219897549 Article information Abstract Gendered divisions and representations can be especially problematic...
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Gender-collaborative training in elite university sport: Challenging gender essentialism through integrated training in gender-segregated sports
Par , MF Ogilvie, Mark McCormack Abstract Competitive teamsport at university level is predominantly segregated by gender in many western countries, despite concerns that gender segregation in sport can perpetuate sexism and gender inequality. While policies...
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Not America’s Game: The Globalization and Post-Westernization of Women’s Baseball
Callie Batts Maddox First Published October 29, 2019 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723519884850 Abstract This article explores the globalization of women’s baseball from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The women’s game is...
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Sociology and the ethnography of human rights at mega-sport events
Hans Erik Næss First Published December 11, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/0011392119888562 Article information Sociology and human rights are sometimes perceived as Western liberal constructs. To do sociological...
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What counts as ‘good sociology’? Conflicting discourses on legitimate sociology in Finland and Sweden
First Published December 27, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699318813422 Article information Abstract This qualitative study explores how sociology is legitimated among established Finnish and Swedish sociology professors, who are conceived...
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‘One is not born, but rather becomes, a Korean woman’: Gender politics of female bodies in Korean weight-loss reality TV shows
First Published April 16, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690218768751 Article information Abstract This study examines gender politics from a feminist perspective by analysing significant discourses on body care, which are regenerated...
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'CEO equals man’: Gender and informal organisational practices in English sport governance
, Elizabeth CJ Pike First Published August 5, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/1012690219865980 Article information Abstract Despite the benefits of diversity amongst sport leaders increasingly being argued by both...
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Governing Homelessness through Running
Bryan C Clift First Published April 3, 2019 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X19838617 Abstract In the context of social welfare austerity and non-state actors’ interventions into social life, an urban not-for-profit organization in the...
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The influence of gendered emotional relations on gender equality in sport governance
The influence of gendered emotional relations on gender equality in sport governance Johanna A Adriaanse First Published April 17, 2019 Research Article Abstract The aim of this article is to investigate the influence of gendered emotional relations on...
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“What You Want Me to Be”: Documenting Muhammad Ali, 1970 to the Present
“What You Want Me to Be”: Documenting Muhammad Ali, 1970 to the Present Alexander William McKie Johnston First Published February 27, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/0193723519830281 Article information Abstract...
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Sportscapes: Contested bodies, gender and desire within a female Australian rules football team
Kellie Sanders First Published April 14, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/1012690219837898 Article information Abstract Despite the recent rise of female Australian rules football in the public eye, little research...
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The diversification of national football teams: Using the idea of migration corridors to explore the underlying structures of nationality changes amongst foreign-born players at the football World Cup
, Jacco van Sterkenburg First Published December 19, 2019 Research Article The inclusion of foreign-born sportspeople in national sports teams has become increasingly common. At the same time, the assumed increase in diversity within national football...
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Socio-ecological analysis of trans people’s participation in physical activity and sport
Elena López-Cañada, José Devís-Devís, Sofía Pereira-García, ... First Published December 1, 2019 Research Article Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore and provide understanding of trans people’s participation in physical activity and sport...
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“If I’m sailing with a girl, I get identified as a ‘marshmallow’ ”: Gendered practices of school sport sailing in Western France and California
, Matthew Atencio, Gaëlle Sempé First Published January 8, 2020 Research Article Abstract Gendered divisions and representations can be especially problematic issues underpinning participation in water-based lifestyle and sporting activities. Sailing...
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Film review: Concussion
Adam J White, Benjamin Franks First Published April 3, 2019 Product Review https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/1012690219839909 Article information Concussion Peter Landesman, , Concussion. Culver City, CA: Sony Pictures Entertainment,...
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Making pastel pop on dark skin: How fashion stylists dress Black NBA players
Lequez Spearman First Published July 7, 2019 Research Un écho avec ce que nous avions évoqué il y a 15 ans déjà à propos des publicités "sportives" Abstract The National Basketball Association is as popular as ever. A league dominated by Black players...
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“What You Want Me to Be”: Documenting Muhammad Ali, 1970 to the Present
Johnston, Alexander William McKie First Published February 27, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/0193723519830281 Article information Abstract This article analyzes a selection of documentaries about the boxer and...
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An ‘Olympics without Apartheid’: Brazilian-Palestinian solidarity against Israeli securitisation
An ‘Olympics without Apartheid’: Brazilian-Palestinian solidarity against Israeli securitisation Chandni Desai, Heather Sykes First Published February 21, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/0306396819827234 Article...
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“We know who is a cheat and who is not. But what can you do?”: Athletes’ perspectives on classification in visually impaired sport
Ben Powis , Jessica Louise Macbeth First Published February 3, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/1012690218825209 Article information Abstract Classification in disability sport is an issue mired in controversy....
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White Heterosexual Men, Athletic Bodies, and the Pleasure of Unruly Racialization
White Heterosexual Men, Athletic Bodies, and the Pleasure of Unruly Racialization Stefan Lawrence First Published January 30, 2019 Research Article https://doi-org.distant.bu.univ-rennes2.fr/10.1177/1097184X18816117 Abstract In recent times, the semi-naked...