Exploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorBennett, Jane
dc.contributor.authorSauzier, Regine Françoise Eva Gabrielle
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-26T10:48:29Z
dc.date.available2023-04-26T10:48:29Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2023-04-20T13:08:45Z
dc.description.abstractThis research dissertation explores discourses of masculinity among university-level women track athletes across South Africa. Many scholars have delved into the narratives of racialization and masculinity among black women athletes, muscularity as a premise of athleticism, ‘tomboyism' and gender fluidities, as well as the policing and disciplining of women athletes' bodies in accordance with gender ideals. Nonetheless, as it stands, literature on women's masculinities within sports in South African contexts, along with the idea of meshing masculinities and women's experiences together remains scarce. Interviews were conducted with women sprinters attending universities across South Africa on the online platforms, Microsoft Teams and Zoom, due to the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions in place at the time. An analysis of their narratives surrounding experiences and discourses of masculinity as cisgendered heterosexual women athletes was carried out. The research concludes that upon reaching adulthood and maturation, the gender binary recloses around the women track athletes so that a "temporary boyhood" is no longer granted to them, and they must negotiate their performative proximity to discourses of masculinity without the safety of the "tomboy" label. Rigid power structures continue to dominate, leaving little to no room for the women track athletes within South Africa to explore a heteronormative female masculinity as part of their gender identities.
dc.identifier.apacitationSauzier, R. F. E. G. (2022). <i>Exploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa</i>. (). University of Cape Town. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37828en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSauzier, Regine Françoise Eva Gabrielle. <i>"Exploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa."</i> ., University of Cape Town, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37828en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSauzier, R.F.E.G. 2022. Exploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa. . University of Cape Town. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37828en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Sauzier, Regine Françoise Eva Gabrielle AB - This research dissertation explores discourses of masculinity among university-level women track athletes across South Africa. Many scholars have delved into the narratives of racialization and masculinity among black women athletes, muscularity as a premise of athleticism, ‘tomboyism' and gender fluidities, as well as the policing and disciplining of women athletes' bodies in accordance with gender ideals. Nonetheless, as it stands, literature on women's masculinities within sports in South African contexts, along with the idea of meshing masculinities and women's experiences together remains scarce. Interviews were conducted with women sprinters attending universities across South Africa on the online platforms, Microsoft Teams and Zoom, due to the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions in place at the time. An analysis of their narratives surrounding experiences and discourses of masculinity as cisgendered heterosexual women athletes was carried out. The research concludes that upon reaching adulthood and maturation, the gender binary recloses around the women track athletes so that a "temporary boyhood" is no longer granted to them, and they must negotiate their performative proximity to discourses of masculinity without the safety of the "tomboy" label. Rigid power structures continue to dominate, leaving little to no room for the women track athletes within South Africa to explore a heteronormative female masculinity as part of their gender identities. DA - 2022 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - African Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - Exploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa TI - Exploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37828 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/37828
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSauzier RFEG. Exploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa. []. University of Cape Town, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37828en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisherUniversity of Cape Town
dc.publisher.departmentAfrican Feminist Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectAfrican Studies
dc.titleExploring discourses of masculinity within women track athletes' lives in South Africa
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMPhil
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