The Queen's Gambit: Race, Gender, and Feminist Reclamation of Athletic Histories
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Department of Health Sciences and Department of Sport Management, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, Research and Collections, Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, QC, Canada, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada, Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier, Antigonish, NS, Canada |
| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Journal of Sport and Social Issues |
| ISSN | 0193-7235 |
| E-ISSN | 1552-7638 |
| EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01937235251364225 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
The Queen of Basketball is a film based on the life of Lusia (Lucy) Mae Harris Stewart, a champion of US women's university basketball credited with changing the face of the sport in the 1970s. The imagery of the film shows a Delta State University, a Mississippi community, and a nation that supported Lucy's remarkable talent. At the same time, Confederate flags flew, there were no professional women's teams for her to play on after graduation, and as a woman coach, her opportunities were limited. This film provides a queen's gambit - a 'move' that opens up discussions about race, gender and the importance of feminist reclamations of sport histories. In this paper we share a revised panel conversation from March 7, 2023 on the role of sport in shifting social ideas of what is possible, tolerable, and celebrated; the importance of storytelling about women in sport; and how we might expect (or demand) sport to change in the future - all from the perspective of four intellectual 'queens' in Canada: sport sociologist Janelle Joseph, sport journalist Shireen Ahmed, and sport historian Ornella Nzindukiyimana, in conversation with moderator and community and sport researcher Sarah Barnes.