¿If You Let Me Play¿: Young Girls¿ Insider-Other Narratives of Sport

• Autores: Mary McDonald, Cheryl Cooky
• Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 22, Nº. 2, 2005, pág. 3
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article we explore the narratives that 10 White, middle-class female athletes, ages 11¿14, (co)produce around their sport experiences. Through interviews, observation, and participant observation, we argue that, consistent with the advertising rhetoric of such multinational corporations as Nike, these girls all advocate hard work, choice, opportunity, and personal responsibility in playing sport and in challenging gender discrimination. We argue this reflects the girls¿ subscription to elements of liberal feminism and to their frequent positioning as ¿insider-others¿¿that is, outside the dominant gender norms of sport but simultaneously the beneficiaries of Whiteness and middle-class norms. In contrast to Nike and liberal feminists who frequently argue for equal opportunity in sport, these girls¿ insiderother narratives suggest the need for critical interrogation of the multiple meanings and effects of sport experiences.