"Successful and feminine athlete" and "natural-born fighter" : a discursive exploration of female judoka's identities in Greece and Finland
Despite feminist concerns about the asymmetrical distribution of power in
martial arts and combat sports (MACS), sport psychology research has
overlooked issues of inequality and socio-cultural difference, as well as their
effects on athletes’ experiences and identity negotiation. The present doctoral
dissertation explores the intersection of gender, culture, and identity in judo
through the lens of cultural praxis and feminist poststructuralist frameworks.
The aim was to explore in what ways the cultural context shapes the
experiences and identities of female judoka (judo athletes). Two specific
objectives were set: to trace the discourses (systems of knowledge) through
which female judoka articulate and make sense of their experiences, and to
develop a theoretically informed analytical understanding of how they
construct their identities through the negotiation of sociocultural beliefs and
gender stereotypes. An ethnographic approach was employed, and data we
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Discursive exploration of female judoka's identities in Greece and FinlandPublisher
University of JyväskyläISBN
978-951-39-7422-0ISSN Search the Publication Forum
0356-1070Contains publications
- Artikkeli I: Kavoura, A., Ryba, T. V., & Kokkonen, M. (2012). Psychological research on martial artists: A critical view from a cultural praxis framework. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 3, 1-23. Psychological Research on Martial Artists.
- Artikkeli II: 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.09.011.
- Artikkeli III: Kavoura, A., Kokkonen, M., Chroni, S., & Ryba T. V. (2017). “Some women are born fighters”: Discursive constructions of a fighter’s identity by female Finnish judo athletes. Sex Roles. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-017-0869-1.
- Artikkeli IV: Kavoura, A. (2016). (Re)negotiating an athlete’s identity during training and researching judo in Finland. In P. Berg & M. Kokkonen (Eds.), Urheilun takapuoli: Tasa-arvo ja yhdenvertaisuus liikunnassa ja urheilussa [The backside of Sport: Equal Opportunities and Equality in Sports and Exercise] (pp. 91-107). Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura, julkaisuja 186.
Keywords
cultural praxis cultural sport psychology ethnography feminist poststructuralist theory gender martial arts and combat sports women judokat naiset naisurheilu identiteetti sukupuoliroolit naisellisuus menestyminen tasa-arvo kamppailulajit kulttuurierot feministinen teoria etnografia liikuntapsykologia Kreikka Suomi
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