Gender, Sport, and the Construction of Community: A Case Study from Women’s Ice Hockey

• Autores: Nancy Theberge
• Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 12, Nº. 4, 1995, págs. 389-402
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper examines the construction of community on a women’s ice hockey team. The analysis is based on fieldwork and interviews with an elite-level team. Within an organizational context in which men play central roles in the management of team affairs and the circle of team supporters, the dressing room provides a space where players come together as hockey players and as women. The analysis suggests that the construction of community on a woman’s hockey team is grounded in members’ shared identity as hockey players and their commitment to the sport. This common focus and interest unite women from diverse backgrounds and social locations.