MASCULINITIES IN SPORT: THE CASE OF RUGBY

Authors

  • Francisca Islandia Cardoso da Silva Universidade de Brasília
  • Dulce Maria Filgueira de Almeida Universidade Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.94214

Keywords:

Sports. Gender Identity. Masculinity.

Abstract

This essay debates rugby as a mediating practice when configurating meanings of masculinities. Amidst the civilizing process and the suffragist movement, rugby’s rules and the masculinities advocated by its practitioners underwent changes. Rugby has traveled a non-linear path where it sometimes reproduces traditional conceptions and sometimes contributes to tensions in gender relations.

 

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Author Biographies

Francisca Islandia Cardoso da Silva, Universidade de Brasília

Doutoranda em Educação Física pela Universidade de Brasília, Brasil.

Dulce Maria Filgueira de Almeida, Universidade Brasília

Professora Associada da Universidade de Brasília , Brasil.

Doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade de Brasília.

Published

2020-06-08

How to Cite

SILVA, F. I. C. da; ALMEIDA, D. M. F. de. MASCULINITIES IN SPORT: THE CASE OF RUGBY. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 26, p. e26041, 2020. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.94214. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/94214. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2025.

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