<i>Voetsek!</i> Get[ting] lost: African sportswomen in ‘the sporting black diaspora’

Adjepong, Anima

doi:10.1177/1012690219834486

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“…The emphasis is frequently on Sampson's success while simultaneously minimizing Aluko's success. This is similar to broader research findings which highlight the way sport continue to still position men's sport as more appealing than women's sport, and men as more suitable for coaching positions (Adjepong, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Print Media Narratives of Bullying and Harassment at the Football Association: A Case Study of Eniola Aluko

Velija

Silvani

2020

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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In this article we draw on critical theory to discuss how power frames the media “narratives” of Eniola Aluko, a Black, female footballer who accused an established (White) football coach of bullying, harassment, and racial comments. We critically discuss data analyzed from 80 print media articles from three British newspapers (with circulation figures ranging from 1.4 million to 135,000 a day), from August 6, 2017 to October 19, 2017. In our findings, we discuss the four dominant themes identified from our analysis to examine how race, gender, and belonging frame Aluko in ways that seek to position her as an outsider and question her legitimacy in the White male space of football. We demonstrate how frames are shaped by, as well as reinforce, existing power relations, and influence how bullying, and racial harassment are represented in media accounts. We argue this type of analysis has implications for our understanding of how the narratives bullying and harassment in sport can be reframed along dominant power lines that question the legitimacy of athletes’ accounts and experiences.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Print Media Narratives of Bullying and Harassment at the Football Association: A Case Study of Eniola Aluko

Velija

Silvani

2020

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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“…E. C. Brown, 2015). Additionally, Black and Brown bodies in sporting spaces receive “extra surveillance” (A. Adjepong, 2019, p. 7) in an attempt to control their portrayals (L.…”

Section: Analysis: Muslim Sportswomen As Digital Space Invadersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Muslim Sportswomen as Digital Space Invaders: Hashtag Politics and Everyday Visibilities

Ahmad

Thorpe

2020

Communication & Sport

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This article examines the ways Muslim sportswomen are using social media to challenge stereotypical representations and to build community. Drawing from an 8-month digital ethnography of 50 different social media profiles across four different platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter) and interviews with 20 Muslim sportswomen, we reveal some of the various ways they are using social media to challenge dominant portrayals of Muslim women as in need of “saving”. We draw upon and elaborate Nirmal Puwar’s concept of “space invaders” to explain how Muslim sportswomen are using social media to challenge dominant discourses, build connections, and represent aspects of their sporting lives in culturally specific ways. The article focuses on two key strategies of the sportswomen, firstly their political use of hashtags and secondly the diverse politics of everyday visibilities. Ultimately, this article creates space for Muslim sportswomen’s voices to reveal the various culturally specific forms of agency and politics being employed in the digital realm.

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“…In the wake of the so-called refugee crisis around 2015, such literature has expanded further (e.g., Buser et al 2021, Dowling 2019, Kyeremeh 2019, McSweeney and Nakamura 2019. This has led to specific attention being paid to racialized and politicised groups in sport, such as Muslim women (e.g., Kay 2006, Toffoletti and Palmer 2015, Lenneis, Evans and Agergaard 2022 and Black minority ethnic groups in western contexts (e.g., Adjepong 2019, Campbell and Williams 2013, Doidge 2013, Parry, Cleland and Kavanagh 2019.…”

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Sport and migration in the age of superdiversity

Agergaard

Darby

Falcous

et al. 2023

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Taking Steven Vertovec's concept of Superdiversity as a starting point, this special issue examines the dynamic interaction of diversity variables in the field of sport and migration issues. The articles published this Speical Issue span from studies on sports labor migration ( sports as migration) to consideration of the role sport plays in the everyday lives of disparate groups of migrants ( sport in migration). Considering the contemporary diversification of migration, we argue that it is more relevant than ever to expand the empirical focus of research in sports and migration issues, but also the breadth of theoretical and methodological approaches utilized. To this end, we illustrate the value of postcolonial theory and intersectionality as theoretical frameworks that can focus on multiple axes of differentiation along with structuring conditions that impact sports and migration issues. Further, we call for researchers in the field to consider the value of methodologies that are novel to their work such as participatory action research and approaches that avoid methodological nationalism.

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Voetsek! Get[ting] lost: African sportswomen in ‘the sporting black diaspora’

Cited by 6 publications

References 43 publications

Print Media Narratives of Bullying and Harassment at the Football Association: A Case Study of Eniola Aluko

Print Media Narratives of Bullying and Harassment at the Football Association: A Case Study of Eniola Aluko

Muslim Sportswomen as Digital Space Invaders: Hashtag Politics and Everyday Visibilities

Sport and migration in the age of superdiversity

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