Complicating Gender, Sport, and Social Inclusion: The Case for Intersectionality
The following opinion piece concerns a reading of the work of Angela Davis and its application to the research on sport and social inclusion. It has the following aims: first, we use her work to argue that racism, as constituted via economics, helps to construct gender; second, we suggest that resea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cogitatio
2017-06-01
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Series: | Social Inclusion |
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Online Access: | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/887 |
Summary: | The following opinion piece concerns a reading of the work of Angela Davis and its application to the research on sport and social inclusion. It has the following aims: first, we use her work to argue that racism, as constituted via economics, helps to construct gender; second, we suggest that research on sport and social inclusion would do well to consider the work of Davis in forming a more complex reading of what it means to invite the participation—or inclusion—of women and girls in sport, both racialized and non-racialized. |
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ISSN: | 2183-2803 |