SAFE SPACE CZY HETEROTOPIA? O ŻEŃSKIEJ PIŁCE NOŻNEJ W PERSPEKTYWIE ANTROPOLOGICZNEJ
SAFE SPACE OR HETEROTOPIA? THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF FEMALE FOOTBALL
Author(s): Wika KrauzSubject(s): Anthropology, Gender Studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sports Studies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: gender; sexuality; LGBT+; football; anthropology of sport; anthropology of gender;
Summary/Abstract: This article is based on ethnographic research conducted in Warsaw in 2016-2018 among women playing football in an amateur league. It asks if the microcosm of the league can be understood as a safe space for young women to test, negotiate and challenge the boundaries of gender and sexuality in relative safety, or rather as a heterotopy, disturbing and violating specific social order. I assume that playing football is a strategy of resistance to dominant patterns connecting football with men, and also to heterosexism, strongly present in a sporting context.
Journal: LUD
- Issue Year: 103/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 275-291
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish