Representation and the Gun that Points Bachwards
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2349752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Carlisle Duncan (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-46 |
| Publication date | 1993-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/019372359301700106 |
| OpenAlex | W1986669856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay looks beyond the focus on team names and mascots to the larger issues of naming and the use o f language in sports. It is argued that the language of sports backfires on women through 'rigged discourse' that perpetuates a structural bias that naturalizes men as superior and women as deficient. This argument is supported by the relative paucity of coverage of women in sports and the reliance on visual stereotyping of women in sports coverage. Gendered and racial hierachies of naming in sports are highlighted as examples of the embedded biases of language that can be changed and affect existing power relations
Affect (linguistics · Argument (complex analysis · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Communication · Gender Studies · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2009 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |