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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Main Authors: Gamal Abdel-Shehid, Nathan Kalman-Lamb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2017-06-01
Series:Social Inclusion
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/887
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-f33be6a292e4488a947825cc7cded7892022-12-22T02:08:19ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032017-06-015215916210.17645/si.v5i2.887515Complicating Gender, Sport, and Social Inclusion: The Case for IntersectionalityGamal Abdel-Shehid0Nathan Kalman-Lamb1School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, CanadaTrinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University, USAThe 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.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/887classgenderracesocial inclusionslaverysport
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title Complicating Gender, Sport, and Social Inclusion: The Case for Intersectionality
title_full Complicating Gender, Sport, and Social Inclusion: The Case for Intersectionality
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title_full_unstemmed Complicating Gender, Sport, and Social Inclusion: The Case for Intersectionality
title_short Complicating Gender, Sport, and Social Inclusion: The Case for Intersectionality
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