Nikki Wedgwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 364735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikki Wedgwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikki |
| FAMILY NAME | Wedgwood |
| SIGNATURE | WEDGWOOD N |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1928-7860 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Deploying hegemonic masculinity
Boy Interrupted - Biographical disruption during the transition to adulthood
Most studies on the gendered aspects of biographical disruption are predicated on adult experiences of chronic illness, often based on heterogeneous samples. This paper goes beyond typologies by analysing the life-history case study of 'Sam', a 23-year-old Australian man raised in a refugee family, who developed a disabling chronic health condition at 15 years of age. The analysis illustrates how critical contextual factors like life-phase, combi…
Hahn versus Guttmann
Ludwig Guttmann, who pioneered the use of sport in the physical, psychological and social rehabilitation of paraplegic patients, argued that sport facilitates social reintegration, even asserting that: 'an employer will not hesitate... to employ a paralysed man... when he realizes that [he] is an accomplished sportsman' (Guttmann, 1976: 13). Disability activist Harlan Hahn, on the other hand, argued that participation by people with disabilities …
Revisiting ‘Sport and the maintenance of masculine hegemony’
In 1987, in her seminal paper ‘Sport and the Maintenance of Masculine Hegemony’, the Australian sociologist Lois Bryson described sport as ‘a crucial arena in which masculine hegemony is constructe
The Dilemma of Disabled Masculinity
A much-cited point by those who study the intersection of gender and disability is that masculinity and disability are in conflict with each other because disability is associated with being dependent and helpless whereas masculinity is associated with being powerful and autonomous, thus creating a lived and embodied dilemma for disabled men. This article maps and critically evaluates the conceptual development of this dilemma of disabled masculi…
A Person with Abilities
Whilst it is one thing to say disablism negatively impacts the lives and well-being of people with impairments, it is another altogether to tease out how this happens in everyday life. This article explores the potential of combining sociological theories and method with a psychosocial framework as an interdisciplinary approach to studying the transitional experiences of people with impairments. Using a single life history case study of Ella, a y…
Connell's theory of masculinity - its origins and influences on the study of gender1
The Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell's theory of masculinity is the most influential theory in the field of men and masculinities. Along with its enormous impact on the field of gender studies, it has also been taken up across a wide range of other disciplines. Connell's book Masculinities, originally published in 1995, has been translated into five different languages and since it was first published its influence has increased with an Engl…
For the Love of Football
The sexual attraction of some women specifically to sportsmen is such a taken-for-granted and commonplace phenomenon in Western society it receives little academic attention. This article first examines the handful of studies that have considered the relationship between heterosexual desire and Australian Rules footballers. Second, it reviews the few sociological studies of the groupies and wives of elite sportsmen. The article concludes that the…
Doin’ It for Themselves! A Case Study of the Development of a Women's Australian Rules Football Competition
Women have wanted to play Australian Rules football throughout the game's history, yet given it ritually celebrates male superiority, few have actually played the game. This paper looks at the socio-historical circumstances leading to the eventual establishment of a women's league, based on media coverage and interviews with current and former members. By focusing on their association with two men's football organizations – one that helped them g…
Männlichkeitsforschung
Mit der zweiten Welle des Feminismus im Westen kamen die Geschlechterbeziehungen so in Bewegung, dass sich in den 1990er Jahren bereits mehrere ganz unterschiedliche Reaktionen von westlichen Männern herauskristallisiert hatten. Das eine Extrem dieses Spektrums bildeten der anti-feministische Backlash (vgl. Faludi 1991) und ein „konkurrierender Opferdiskurs“ (Cox 1995), wie er z.B. in der Diskussion um die Benachteiligung von Jungen im Bildungssy…
Just one of the boys? A life history case study of a male physical education teacher
Studies of physical education teacher training have already established that hegemonic forms of masculinity are reinforced and reproduced both in the hidden curriculum (Flintoff, 1997 Flintoff A (1997) Gender relations in physical education initial teacher education in: G. Clarke & B. Humberstone (Eds) Researching women and sport Basingstoke Macmillan [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) and the informal student culture (Skelton, 1993 Skelton, A. (1993…
Kicking like a Boy
This study of a schoolgirl Australian Rules football team uses life-history research to provide unusual insights into the gendered embodiment of female footballers. Focusing on the familial relations of players, the article looks at sport in the wider context of gender, showing complexities often overlooked. While documenting different patterns of female embodiment, the study examines whether the provision of full-contact sports is “schooling the…
The Dilemma of Disabled Masculinity
A much-cited point by those who study the intersection of gender and disability is that masculinity and disability are in conflict with each other because disability is associated with being dependent and helpless whereas masculinity is associated with being powerful and autonomous, thus creating a lived and embodied dilemma for disabled men. This article maps and critically evaluates the conceptual development of this dilemma of disabled masculi…
Kicking like a Boy
This study of a schoolgirl Australian Rules football team uses life-history research to provide unusual insights into the gendered embodiment of female footballers. Focusing on the familial relations of players, the article looks at sport in the wider context of gender, showing complexities often overlooked. While documenting different patterns of female embodiment, the study examines whether the provision of full-contact sports is “schooling the…
Connell's theory of masculinity - its origins and influences on the study of gender1
The Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell's theory of masculinity is the most influential theory in the field of men and masculinities. Along with its enormous impact on the field of gender studies, it has also been taken up across a wide range of other disciplines. Connell's book Masculinities, originally published in 1995, has been translated into five different languages and since it was first published its influence has increased with an Engl…
Boy Interrupted - Biographical disruption during the transition to adulthood
Most studies on the gendered aspects of biographical disruption are predicated on adult experiences of chronic illness, often based on heterogeneous samples. This paper goes beyond typologies by analysing the life-history case study of 'Sam', a 23-year-old Australian man raised in a refugee family, who developed a disabling chronic health condition at 15 years of age. The analysis illustrates how critical contextual factors like life-phase, combi…
For the Love of Football
The sexual attraction of some women specifically to sportsmen is such a taken-for-granted and commonplace phenomenon in Western society it receives little academic attention. This article first examines the handful of studies that have considered the relationship between heterosexual desire and Australian Rules footballers. Second, it reviews the few sociological studies of the groupies and wives of elite sportsmen. The article concludes that the…
Deploying hegemonic masculinity
Doin’ It for Themselves! A Case Study of the Development of a Women's Australian Rules Football Competition
Women have wanted to play Australian Rules football throughout the game's history, yet given it ritually celebrates male superiority, few have actually played the game. This paper looks at the socio-historical circumstances leading to the eventual establishment of a women's league, based on media coverage and interviews with current and former members. By focusing on their association with two men's football organizations – one that helped them g…
Just one of the boys? A life history case study of a male physical education teacher
Studies of physical education teacher training have already established that hegemonic forms of masculinity are reinforced and reproduced both in the hidden curriculum (Flintoff, 1997 Flintoff A (1997) Gender relations in physical education initial teacher education in: G. Clarke & B. Humberstone (Eds) Researching women and sport Basingstoke Macmillan [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) and the informal student culture (Skelton, 1993 Skelton, A. (1993…
Hahn versus Guttmann
Ludwig Guttmann, who pioneered the use of sport in the physical, psychological and social rehabilitation of paraplegic patients, argued that sport facilitates social reintegration, even asserting that: 'an employer will not hesitate... to employ a paralysed man... when he realizes that [he] is an accomplished sportsman' (Guttmann, 1976: 13). Disability activist Harlan Hahn, on the other hand, argued that participation by people with disabilities …
Männlichkeitsforschung
Mit der zweiten Welle des Feminismus im Westen kamen die Geschlechterbeziehungen so in Bewegung, dass sich in den 1990er Jahren bereits mehrere ganz unterschiedliche Reaktionen von westlichen Männern herauskristallisiert hatten. Das eine Extrem dieses Spektrums bildeten der anti-feministische Backlash (vgl. Faludi 1991) und ein „konkurrierender Opferdiskurs“ (Cox 1995), wie er z.B. in der Diskussion um die Benachteiligung von Jungen im Bildungssy…
Just one of the boys? A life history case study of a male physical education teacher
Studies of physical education teacher training have already established that hegemonic forms of masculinity are reinforced and reproduced both in the hidden curriculum (Flintoff, 1997 Flintoff A (1997) Gender relations in physical education initial teacher education in: G. Clarke & B. Humberstone (Eds) Researching women and sport Basingstoke Macmillan [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) and the informal student culture (Skelton, 1993 Skelton, A. (1993…
Kicking like a Boy
This study of a schoolgirl Australian Rules football team uses life-history research to provide unusual insights into the gendered embodiment of female footballers. Focusing on the familial relations of players, the article looks at sport in the wider context of gender, showing complexities often overlooked. While documenting different patterns of female embodiment, the study examines whether the provision of full-contact sports is “schooling the…
Doin’ It for Themselves! A Case Study of the Development of a Women's Australian Rules Football Competition
Women have wanted to play Australian Rules football throughout the game's history, yet given it ritually celebrates male superiority, few have actually played the game. This paper looks at the socio-historical circumstances leading to the eventual establishment of a women's league, based on media coverage and interviews with current and former members. By focusing on their association with two men's football organizations – one that helped them g…
For the Love of Football
The sexual attraction of some women specifically to sportsmen is such a taken-for-granted and commonplace phenomenon in Western society it receives little academic attention. This article first examines the handful of studies that have considered the relationship between heterosexual desire and Australian Rules footballers. Second, it reviews the few sociological studies of the groupies and wives of elite sportsmen. The article concludes that the…
Connell's theory of masculinity - its origins and influences on the study of gender1
The Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell's theory of masculinity is the most influential theory in the field of men and masculinities. Along with its enormous impact on the field of gender studies, it has also been taken up across a wide range of other disciplines. Connell's book Masculinities, originally published in 1995, has been translated into five different languages and since it was first published its influence has increased with an Engl…
A Person with Abilities
Whilst it is one thing to say disablism negatively impacts the lives and well-being of people with impairments, it is another altogether to tease out how this happens in everyday life. This article explores the potential of combining sociological theories and method with a psychosocial framework as an interdisciplinary approach to studying the transitional experiences of people with impairments. Using a single life history case study of Ella, a y…
Revisiting ‘Sport and the maintenance of masculine hegemony’
In 1987, in her seminal paper ‘Sport and the Maintenance of Masculine Hegemony’, the Australian sociologist Lois Bryson described sport as ‘a crucial arena in which masculine hegemony is constructe
The Dilemma of Disabled Masculinity
A much-cited point by those who study the intersection of gender and disability is that masculinity and disability are in conflict with each other because disability is associated with being dependent and helpless whereas masculinity is associated with being powerful and autonomous, thus creating a lived and embodied dilemma for disabled men. This article maps and critically evaluates the conceptual development of this dilemma of disabled masculi…
Hahn versus Guttmann
Ludwig Guttmann, who pioneered the use of sport in the physical, psychological and social rehabilitation of paraplegic patients, argued that sport facilitates social reintegration, even asserting that: 'an employer will not hesitate... to employ a paralysed man... when he realizes that [he] is an accomplished sportsman' (Guttmann, 1976: 13). Disability activist Harlan Hahn, on the other hand, argued that participation by people with disabilities …
Boy Interrupted - Biographical disruption during the transition to adulthood
Most studies on the gendered aspects of biographical disruption are predicated on adult experiences of chronic illness, often based on heterogeneous samples. This paper goes beyond typologies by analysing the life-history case study of 'Sam', a 23-year-old Australian man raised in a refugee family, who developed a disabling chronic health condition at 15 years of age. The analysis illustrates how critical contextual factors like life-phase, combi…
Deploying hegemonic masculinity
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (9 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (6 works) · Politics (5 works)