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Futbol jako wprowadzenie do gender studies
Football as Introduction to Gender Studies

Author(s): Zbigniew Majchrowski
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Football; Anthropology; Gender

Summary/Abstract: The football team is a representation of the “masculine gender”. A characteristic element of contemporary football teams is their heterogeneity – in this case the “masculinity” is the common element. But this base is becoming unstable – if we take into consideration such issues as: the presence of woman's look on football, the meaning the image of football players joying after scoring a goal (if we displace it from the football context), or the presently occurring redefining of masculinity – along with the phenomenon of metrosexuality and the sexualisation and fetishisation of football players’ bodies.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 03-04
  • Page Range: 153-156
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish