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dc.contributor.authorHill, Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-11T13:19:03Z
dc.date.available2013-09-11T13:19:03Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/4977
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research project was to explore how women lightweight rowers in Ontario negotiate their gender and body identity. Through a feminist post-structural lens I investigated both ‘acceptable’ and contradictory gender and sport performances that exist in the culture of rowing in order to understand how identity is constructed at the intersection of these discourses. My goal was to learn how human experiences are shaped by discourses of power, and resulting constructions of acceptable gender attributes. Seven university-aged lightweight women’s rowers were interviewed, and the following themes were uncovered: the women are constantly engaging in acts of bodily control; often body image is affected by participation in the sport; there are instances of femininity that exist within the culture of lightweight rowing; inequalities are present within the culture, as are excuse making practices; and the potential for resistance is extremely complicated.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectFeminist Post-structuralen_US
dc.subjectWomen's Rowingen_US
dc.subjectGender Performativityen_US
dc.subjectSelf-surveillanceen_US
dc.titleWeighing the Details: Gender Dualisms in Lightweight Women's Rowingen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Child and Youth Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Child and Youth Studiesen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.embargo.termsNoneen_US
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