| dc.contributor.author | Kavoura, Anna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-25T12:31:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-04-25T12:31:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-951-39-7422-0 | |
| dc.identifier.other | oai:jykdok.linneanet.fi:1869468 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/57761 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 were
gathered during fieldwork in Greece and Finland. In conjunction with
participant-observation, semi-structured interviews with 10 female judoka ages
17-40 were conducted in Greece, and nine semi-structured interviews with
female judoka ages 20-49 were conducted in Finland.
A discursive analytic procedure revealed several discourses as relevant to
the ways that female judoka make sense of themselves and their experiences,
namely, a female biological inferiority discourse, discourses of ideal femininity, a patriarchal discourse of gender roles, a discourse of gender equality, and discourses of athletic performance and elite and mass sport. In this dissertation, I discuss the different
and similar ways in which Greek and Finnish athletes are subjected to these
discourses. In relation to the subject positions offered to them within these discourses, female judoka strategically construct multiple (and often conflicting)
identities, each serving different purposes. I de-construct the successful and feminine athlete and the natural-born fighter to show how the repetition of certain
identities assists in the reproduction of gender hierarchies and inequalities. I
conclude that there is a need for discursive interventions to move toward gender equity in MACS. | |
| dc.format.extent | 1 verkkoaineisto (71 sivua, 51 sivua useina numerointijaksoina, 18 numeroimatonta sivua) : kuvitettu | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | University of Jyväskylä | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Studies in sport, physical education and health | |
| dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli I:</b> 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. </i><a href=" https://sportstudies.org/2012/02/15/psychological-research-on-martial-artists-a-critical-view-from-a-cultural-praxis-framework/"target="_blank">Psychological Research on Martial Artists.</a> | |
| dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli II:</b> 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. </i><a href=" http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.09.011"target="_blank"> DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.09.011.</a> | |
| dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli III:</b> 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. </i><a href=" http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-017-0869-1"target="_blank"> DOI: 10.1007/s11199-017-0869-1.</a> | |
| dc.relation.haspart | <b>Artikkeli IV:</b> 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. | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | Julkaistu myös painettuna. | |
| dc.subject.other | cultural praxis | |
| dc.subject.other | cultural sport psychology | |
| dc.subject.other | ethnography | |
| dc.subject.other | feminist poststructuralist theory | |
| dc.subject.other | gender | |
| dc.subject.other | martial arts and combat sports | |
| dc.subject.other | women | |
| dc.title | "Successful and feminine athlete" and "natural-born fighter" : a discursive exploration of female judoka's identities in Greece and Finland | |
| dc.title.alternative | Discursive exploration of female judoka's identities in Greece and Finland | |
| dc.type | Diss. | |
| dc.identifier.urn | URN:ISBN:978-951-39-7422-0 | |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
| dc.type.ontasot | Väitöskirja | fi |
| dc.type.ontasot | Doctoral dissertation | en |
| dc.contributor.tiedekunta | Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta | fi |
| dc.contributor.yliopisto | University of Jyväskylä | en |
| dc.contributor.yliopisto | Jyväskylän yliopisto | fi |
| dc.contributor.oppiaine | Liikuntapsykologia | fi |
| dc.relation.issn | 0356-1070 | |
| dc.relation.numberinseries | 269 | |
| dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
| dc.subject.yso | judokat | |
| dc.subject.yso | naiset | |
| dc.subject.yso | naisurheilu | |
| dc.subject.yso | identiteetti | |
| dc.subject.yso | sukupuoliroolit | |
| dc.subject.yso | naisellisuus | |
| dc.subject.yso | menestyminen | |
| dc.subject.yso | tasa-arvo | |
| dc.subject.yso | kamppailulajit | |
| dc.subject.yso | kulttuurierot | |
| dc.subject.yso | feministinen teoria | |
| dc.subject.yso | etnografia | |
| dc.subject.yso | liikuntapsykologia | |
| dc.subject.yso | Kreikka | |
| dc.subject.yso | Suomi | |
