Skateboarding in Dude Space: The Roles of Space and Sport in Constructing Gender Among Adult Skateboarders
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John N. Carr [1]
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[1] University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 34, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 25-34
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This study aims to address how, to what extent, and under what conditions may those who are not cisgendered as male do the work of negotiating access to male sporting space. In doing so, it brings together critical geographies of masculinity and the critical literature on skateboarding to address the role of particular kinds of skateboarding spaces in either reproducing or potentially disrupting gender segregated, patriarchal skateboarding cultures. This project is offered not only to challenge patriarchal practices and values, but also to step beyond theory and actually examine how sport environments might be designed and sited so as to enable a wider range of gender performances and more inclusive spaces. Specifically, my research suggests that certain types of skate environments can somewhat lower women’s barriers to entering the gender charged realm of skateboarding if and when those responsible for those spaces take patriarchy and the needs of noncisgendered male skateboarders seriously.
