Kutte Jönsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4126150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kutte Jönsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kutte |
| FAMILY NAME | Jönsson |
| SIGNATURE | JÖNSSON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Malmö University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Outsiders, underdogs and bohemians in sport
Framing the idealistic Bohemian and the rational outsider
Bohemians and outsiders have long fascinated the media and the general public because they challenge conventional lifestyles and societal norms. This fascination extends to sport, where narratives about such figures appear in both historical and contemporary media. By analysing the media's framing of cross-country skier Lars Theodor Jonsson (1903-1998) and speed skater Nils van der Poel (1996-), this essay identifies two distinct ideal types: the…
Constitutive outsiders in and of sports
The controversy about transgender athletes in sports does not seem to rest. Quite the contrary. The rhetoric suggests a conflict between those who advocate for inclusion and those who argue that allowing transgender athletes to compete is unfair and unsafe, particularly for women who would be ‘forced’ to compete against transgender women. One might argue that the issue of transgender athletes has become a weapon in a politically and ideologically…
Abjection in sports
In her essay Powers of Horror, Julia Kristeva investigates the concept of abjection. Essentially, the term means “the state of being cast off” and according to Kristeva it is a feeling of disgust, filth and humiliation, things we tend to reject for becoming subjects and protecting identities. But as I will argue here, by rejecting athletes who dissolve the culturally strict boundaries in sports, the sports organizations become abjects themselves,…
Abjection in sports
In her essay Powers of Horror, Julia Kristeva investigates the concept of abjection. Essentially, the term means “the state of being cast off” and according to Kristeva it is a feeling of disgust, filth and humiliation, things we tend to reject for becoming subjects and protecting identities. But as I will argue here, by rejecting athletes who dissolve the culturally strict boundaries in sports, the sports organizations become abjects themselves,…
Abjection in sports
In her essay Powers of Horror, Julia Kristeva investigates the concept of abjection. Essentially, the term means “the state of being cast off” and according to Kristeva it is a feeling of disgust, filth and humiliation, things we tend to reject for becoming subjects and protecting identities. But as I will argue here, by rejecting athletes who dissolve the culturally strict boundaries in sports, the sports organizations become abjects themselves,…
Outsiders, underdogs and bohemians in sport
Framing the idealistic Bohemian and the rational outsider
Bohemians and outsiders have long fascinated the media and the general public because they challenge conventional lifestyles and societal norms. This fascination extends to sport, where narratives about such figures appear in both historical and contemporary media. By analysing the media's framing of cross-country skier Lars Theodor Jonsson (1903-1998) and speed skater Nils van der Poel (1996-), this essay identifies two distinct ideal types: the…
Constitutive outsiders in and of sports
The controversy about transgender athletes in sports does not seem to rest. Quite the contrary. The rhetoric suggests a conflict between those who advocate for inclusion and those who argue that allowing transgender athletes to compete is unfair and unsafe, particularly for women who would be ‘forced’ to compete against transgender women. One might argue that the issue of transgender athletes has become a weapon in a politically and ideologically…
Doping in Sports (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works) · American Sports and Literature (2 works) · Athletes (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anger (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Disgust (1 works)