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| 1. Hartman, Karen. "The Athlete as Hero or Villain: A Response to Social Scientific Findings Through the Rhetorical Construction of the Moral Athlete" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 94th Annual Convention, TBA, San Diego, CA, Nov 20, 2008 Online <PDF>. 2009-12-02 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p258561_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper outlines the predominant myths of sport to illustrate how they create moral views of athletes, ultimately leading to a strong contradiction between the reality and the myth of athletes. After explicating the research that refutes this commonly held perception of morality, the paper analyzes how the rhetorical construction of the athlete as hero from 1850 – 1920 serves as a foundation to this myth in modern sport and refutes social scientific findings. |
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| 2. Stoelting, Suzanne. "She's in Control. She's Free. She's an Athlete: A Qualitative Analysis of Sport Empowerment an the Lives of Female Athletes" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA,, Aug 14, 2004 Online <.PDF>. 2009-12-02 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p109372_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Recent literature concerning sport empowerment and female athletes has known to solely focus on sport as either an empowering or oppressing institution. Literature that concentrates on sport as an empowering experience for women has emphasized sports ability to empower women on a personal, group, and institutional level. However, little research has been dedicated to how such empowerment impacts or transpires within the lives of female athletes. This paper explores the ways that sport empowerment has impacted the lives of female athlete as well as how female athletes define empowerment. Such as analysis assists in the understanding of how a male dominated institution such as sport can be beneficial to both young girls and women. In depth-interviews were conducted with seven retired female athletes all of whom participated in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics. Results and analysis of results were explored. |
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| 3. Daniels, Elizabeth. "Woman and Athlete: An Exploration of Athletic Identity for Girls and Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Association For Women in Psychology, Marriott at Eagle Crest Conference Resort, Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor, MI, Mar 30, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-12-02 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p93679_index.html>Publication Type: Poster
Abstract: The present investigation is a theoretical exploration of athletic identity for girls and women. I propose that historical and present day cultural messages regarding the appropriateness and importance of sport for particular groups play a central role in whether girls develop an identity around sport participation. |
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| 4. Beamon, Krystal. and Bell, Patricia. "Academics versus Athletics: An Examination on the Effects of Background and Socialization on African-American Male Student Athletes" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA, Aug 16, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-12-02 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p106264_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
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| 5. Hanis-Martin, Jennifer. "Contradictory Identities in Lived Bodies: Athletic Mothers and Mothering Athletes" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 Online <PDF>. 2009-12-02 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p182964_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper explores the lives, identities and life transitions of women athletes as they become mothers. Based on interviews with forty women who are both athletes and mothers, the narratives of a particular case of conflicted individuals is mined for identity negotiation strategies and body image issues. Female athletes who have chosen to become mothers, and who continue to strive toward high achievement levels in sport are also likely to juggle very contradictory demands on their lives, bodies and identities, and to have to negotiate conflicting roles on an ongoing basis in ways that many other women do not. Looking at this extreme case of women helps magnify these same negotiation processes in women more generally, as well as elucidate what is unique about these high achieving athletic mothers. |
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