Abstract
This paper explores how different processes of marginalization play out in the context of SportsClasses, a new educational programme in Denmark that attempts to democratize access to elite sports. The paper is based on an ethnographic study carried out in a SportsClass from 2013 to 2015. Using Kanter’s ideas about marginality and tokenism, along with Bourdieu’s concepts of field, habitus and capitals I discuss aspirations of female athletes and those of athletes in marginalized sports. I argue that marginality of one’s gender and sport can each independently contribute to one’s sense of what is (im)possible for a career in sports and that, without taking into account such marginalization, programmes like the SportsClasses may ultimately fail in their attempts at equal access to talent development.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Sport in Society |
Vol/bind | 22 |
Udgave nummer | 12 |
Sider (fra-til) | 1990-2005 |
Antal sider | 16 |
ISSN | 1743-0437 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2 dec. 2019 |