Pretty to Be Impressive: Gender Incorporation in Rhythmic Gymnastics

Territories in Question: Routes in Territories
By Christine Mennesson, Sylvia Visentin, Jean-Paul Clément
English

If the relationship between sport and masculinity is the object of numerous studies, the massively feminized activities remain little studied overall. As a place of learning about gender behavior, these activities also participate in the reproduction of the social gender relationships. This paper studies the process of learning femininity in rhythmic gymnastics, in particular the division of work by gender and the concrete modes of interaction and learning.

Keywords

  • sport
  • gender
  • learning
  • ritualisation
  • rythmic gymnastics
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