TY - JOUR
T1 - The re-production of homosexually-themed discourse in educationally-based organised sport
AU - McCormack, Mark
AU - Anderson, Eric
PY - 2010/10/9
Y1 - 2010/10/9
N2 - In this study, we draw on findings from one year of participant observation and 12 indepth interviews with men in a highly-ranked English university rugby team in order to nuance theoretical understandings concerning the re-production of homosexuallythemed discourse in organised sport. We use ethnographic data to theorise the complex relationship between language, homosocial masculine relationships and organised sport. In examining the political, intentional and inadvertent effects of these men's discourses, we define and discuss the notion of gay discourse as a form of heteronormativity that is dissimilar to the traditional use of homophobic discourse. Highlighting that homosexually-themed discourse is best understood as a continuum, we stress the importance of context in interpreting the meaning and explicating the effects of this kind of discourse.
AB - In this study, we draw on findings from one year of participant observation and 12 indepth interviews with men in a highly-ranked English university rugby team in order to nuance theoretical understandings concerning the re-production of homosexuallythemed discourse in organised sport. We use ethnographic data to theorise the complex relationship between language, homosocial masculine relationships and organised sport. In examining the political, intentional and inadvertent effects of these men's discourses, we define and discuss the notion of gay discourse as a form of heteronormativity that is dissimilar to the traditional use of homophobic discourse. Highlighting that homosexually-themed discourse is best understood as a continuum, we stress the importance of context in interpreting the meaning and explicating the effects of this kind of discourse.
KW - Gay
KW - Homophobia
KW - Masculinity
KW - Sport
KW - University students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957908921&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2010.511271
U2 - 10.1080/13691058.2010.511271
DO - 10.1080/13691058.2010.511271
M3 - Article
C2 - 20936550
AN - SCOPUS:77957908921
SN - 1369-1058
VL - 12
SP - 913
EP - 927
JO - Culture, Health and Sexuality
JF - Culture, Health and Sexuality
IS - 8
ER -