The Relevance of the Black Atlantic in Contemporary Sport

Andersson, Mette

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“…An interview study of athletes, leaders and coaches in Norway found that the forms of racialization varied between sports (Andersson 2007). In a study of black Norwegian elite athletes' experiences of marginalization and racism, few examples of direct exposure to racism were described, and those that existed were directed towards men (Massao and Fasting 2010).…”

Section: Racism and Exclusionmentioning

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“…For ethnic minorities, exposure to racism, discrimination and marginalization is a problem that has been revealed in research conducted in several European countries (Andersson 2007;Hylton 2009;Massao and Fasting 2014;van Sterkenburg andKnoppers 2004, 2012). Direct and violent acts, such as the use of racial slurs, are described as predominantly affecting men, while more subtle forms of discrimination are experienced by women and men (Massao and Fasting 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Exploring the minority–majority gap in sport participation: different patterns for boys and girls?

2017

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This paper examines the participation of minority and majority youth in organized sport based on the Young in Oslo 2015 survey (response rate: 72%, N = 9.774). Four possible explanations of the minoritymajority gap are introduced: (i) culture, (ii) religion, (iii) discrimination/ racism and (iv) class and socio-economic resources. Class and religion are further examined in the paper. Initially, among the boys, there are no differences between the minority and majority groups. When taking socio-economic resources into account, the minority boys have a slightly higher participation rate than the majority boys. Among the girls, the likelihood of participating in sport clubs is considerably lower for those with a minority background than for those with a majority background. The analyses show that socio-economic resources have an effect on both girls and boys and that religious denomination also explains, to some extent, the minority-majority gap that exists among girls.

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Exploring the minority–majority gap in sport participation: different patterns for boys and girls?

2017

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“…Minority ethnic players in London (Spracklen, 2007) are able to define the game in their own terms away from traditions of whiteness (cf. Andersson, 2007). In France this is made more difficult by notions of Frenchness and particularly Catharism (traditions of rebellion and resistance (re)invented in the histories of the white, working-class villages of the region: Bourdieu, 1980;Dine, 2001) -but ironically, the game is well established in Arab and Gypsy communities in the Languedoc and Provence areas of France.…”

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“…His blackness marked him out as an exotic Other, someone apart from the beer-bellied white men around him (Andersson, 2007) -even then, the ambiguity of the imaginary community troubled me (reflection: first author). As such, belonging is more than just buying a Catalan Dragons jersey, even though such an act is a matter of free choice and a matter of great symbolic meaning.…”

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Negotiations of Being and Becoming

Spracklen

2008

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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This paper is based on new empirical, qualitative research with minority ethnic rugby league players in the South-West of France. Drawing on similar research on rugby league in the north and the south of England, the paper examines how rugby league, traditionally viewed as a white, working class male game (Collins, 2006;Denham, 2004;Spracklen, 1995Spracklen, , 2001) has had to re-imagine its symbolic boundaries as they are constituted globally and locally to accommodate the needs of players from minority ethnic backgrounds. In particular, the paper examines the sense in which experiences of minority ethnic rugby league players in France compare with those of their counterparts in England (Spracklen, 2001(Spracklen, , 2007, how rugby league is used in France to construct identity, and in what sense the norms associated with the imaginary community of rugby league are replicated or challenged by the involvement of minority ethnic rugby league players in France. Questions about what it means to be (provincial, national) French (Kumar, 2006) are posed, questions that relate to the role of sport in the construction of Frenchness, and in particular the role of rugby league (and union).

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“…In the Norwegian subculture of breaking this was reflected in the participants' diverse social and ethnic backgrounds. Andersson (2007) argues that boundaries between minorities, majorities and national identities are constructed among others through ethnic humour. However, at the Location ethnicity was hardly ever mentioned, and as found by Fogarty (2010), almost all breaking crews were multi-cultural in composition.…”

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Identity constructions among breakdancers

Langnes

Fasting

2014

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Dette er siste tekst-versjon av artikkelen, og den kan inneholde små forskjeller fra forlagets pdf-versjon. Forlagets pdf-versjon finner du på www.sage.com: http://dx.doi. org/10.1177/1012690214526402 This is the final text version of the article, and it may contain minor differences from the journal's pdf version. The original publication is available at www.sage.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690214526402 Identity constructions among breakdancers Tonje F LangnesNorwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway Kari FastingNorwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway AbstractThe hip-hop culture has evolved from the ghettos of The Bronx, New York in the 1970s, into a global phenomenon. Despite such prominence there is an absence of academic research on the hip-hop culture element: breakdance. Through eight months of participant observations and 17 qualitative interviews, this study investigates the identity construction process among breakdancers with diverse ethnic backgrounds in Norway. The aim is to provide an insight into the lives of young people and their impression management in constructing a breaker identity. The analysis highlights the complex and contested nature of breakdance as it is experienced and viewed by young people performing breakdance in Norway. Through deliberate impression management the breakdancers construct an alternative identity detached from other social categories. As a result, breakdance seems to counter social oppression and to have an empowering and liberating potential different from the common stigmatization and stereotypical prejudices regarding gender and ethnicity that many have experienced. Keywords ethnicity, gender, impression management, subculture, youthThe performance of breaking, better known as breakdance, is for many young people an activity that involves identity construction and a sense of belonging. As one of the elements in the hip-hop culture (Pabon, 2012), breaking has evolved into one of the most prominent youth cultures of today. However, despite this global popularity, relatively modest social research has been conducted on the element of breaking. The aim of this study is therefore to contribute to better knowledge about youth and breaking. As a global phenomenon, breaking seems to offer an identity to youth all over the world and the purpose of this paper is to discuss the identity construction process among young breakers (persons who perform breaking) in Oslo, Norway. Before continuing to the theoretical framework, methodology, results and discussion, a brief overview of the historical context and earlier research of breaking will be presented.

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The Relevance of the Black Atlantic in Contemporary Sport

Cited by 20 publications

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Exploring the minority–majority gap in sport participation: different patterns for boys and girls?

Exploring the minority–majority gap in sport participation: different patterns for boys and girls?

Negotiations of Being and Becoming

Identity constructions among breakdancers

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