'Girls on the field' in Turkey: negotiating gender anxieties and norms through football
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Tarih
2022
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Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Kizlar Sahada (Girls on the Field) is a private women's football tournament and league in Turkey. Its founding principle is to 'empower women' by challenging gender norms. Participating in Kizlar Sahada induces gender anxiety as women navigate a predominantly male space. This leads them to negotiate gender norms, both reproducing and challenging them, mainly through three themes: strength/power, skill/authority and ambition/aggression. Women's participation in football does not automatically allow them to critique gender norms but it can reveal discursive and practical spaces for possible, albeit incoherent, negotiations. This article is based on qualitative research conducted between 2016 and 2017 including in-depth interviews with founders, players, coaches and a referee and participant observation through playing for one of the competing teams.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Women's Football, Gender Norms, Negotiating İdentities, Gender Anxiety, Turkey
Kaynak
Sport in Society
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
Q1
Cilt
25
Sayı
10
