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Negotiating female judoka identities in Greece : A Foucauldian discourse analysis

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Kavoura, A., Ryba, T. V., & Chroni, S. (2015). Negotiating female judoka identities in Greece : A Foucauldian discourse analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 17, 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.09.011
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Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Authors
Kavoura, Anna |
Ryba, Tatiana V. |
Chroni, Stiliani
Date
2015
Discipline
LiikuntapedagogiikkaSport Pedagogy
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Elsevier. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.

 
Objectives: The objectives of this paper are to trace the discourses through which female Greek judokas articulate their sporting experiences and to explore how they construct their identities through the negotiation of sociocultural beliefs and gender stereotypes. Design: This article is based on interview data from a larger ethnographic research with women judo athletes, grounded in a cultural praxis framework. Method: Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted during fieldwork in Greece. Interview data were analyzed drawing on a Foucauldian approach to discourse analysis. Results: We identified four conceptsdbiology, gender, femininity, and judo/sportdthat were central to unearthing the discourses in which female Greek judokas constructed their identities. Female athletes (strategically) negotiated multiple identities, each serving different purposes. Conclusion: The gender power dynamics in Greek society at large are reproduced in the sporting experience of Greek female judokas. Although women have agency to negotiate their identity, they tend to accept the “given” subject positions within dominant discourses of gender relations. By doing so, female athletes become agents in the reproduction of patriarchal power. ...
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Elsevier BV; European Federation of Sport Psychology
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1469-0292
Keywords
cultural praxis diskurssianalyysi etnografia sukupuoli kamppailulajit
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.09.011
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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201601111055

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