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Iannotta, Joah Gabrielle.

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Sexuality and resistance: Identity, homophobia and social justice in women's athletics.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Sexuality and resistance: Identity, homophobia and social justice in women's athletics./
Author:	Iannotta, Joah Gabrielle.
Description:	188 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-06, Section: A, page: 2287.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-06A.
Subject:	Women's Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3092749

Sexuality and resistance: Identity, homophobia and social justice in women's athletics.
Iannotta, Joah Gabrielle.

Sexuality and resistance: Identity, homophobia and social justice in women's athletics. - 188 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-06, Section: A, page: 2287.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2003.

Sexuality and Resistance: Identity, Homophobia, and Social Justice in Women's Athletics explores the strategies used by head coaches of women's intercollegiate Division III athletics to combat homophobia and create positive, inclusive climates on their teams. Previous research has shown that homophobia in women's athletics is pervasive and creates climates of fear and hostility that negatively affect coaches and athletes of all sexual orientations, yet few studies have sought to identify the specific strategies coaches seek to resist homophobic ideologies in sport. A qualitative methodological approach was adopted to explore precisely this topic. Participants were identified through the researchers' informal network, and only those coaches having a commitment to combating homophobia on their athletic teams were asked to participate. In-depth, face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with straight coaches (both male and female) and lesbian coaches who were "open" or "out" about their sexual identity to their team. Questions about one's coaching style, the way in which the coach was open about his or her sexual orientation, and more formal approaches to influencing team climate were explored. This study identifies a range of approaches used by coaches to create more tolerant team climates. One approach that receives particular attention in the study involves the way in which coaches employ strategies related to the performance of their sexual identity to actively resist social injustice. A theoretical model---one that departs from previous conceptualizations of sexual identity in women's athletics---is developed to understand how subtle identity performances can contribute to positive, nonhomophobic climates. This model offers a new conceptualization of coming out, lesbian identity, and the potential of being open about one's sexual identity as a strategy to create positive team climates. A broader set of strategies used by lesbian and straight coaches are also discussed. Finally, two constraints that are specific to the context of coaching---the erotic element in sport and the pedagogical relationship---are considered as explanations beyond homophobia regarding why lesbian and straight coaches sometimes try to create social distance between their personal and romantic lives and their athletes.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017481
Women's Studies.

Sexuality and resistance: Identity, homophobia and social justice in women's athletics.
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