"Six Packs and Big Muscles, and Stuff like That". Primary School-Aged South African Boys, Black and White, on Sport

Autor/in	Bhana, Deevia
Titel	"Six Packs and Big Muscles, and Stuff like That". Primary School-Aged South African Boys, Black and White, on Sport
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 29 (2008) 1, S.3-14 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Foreign Countries; Males; Ethnography; Athletics; Interviews; Gender Issues; Racial Factors; Social Class; Social Influences; Blacks; Whites; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Identification (Psychology); Masculinity; Grade 2; Elementary School Students; Racial Attitudes; Social Attitudes; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ethnografie; Leichtathletik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Geschlechterfrage; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Sozialer Einfluss; Black person; Schwarzer; White; Weißer; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Männlichkeit; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Rassenfrage; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper explores the salience of sport in the lives of eight-year-old and nine-year-old South African primary school boys. Drawing on ethnographic and interview data, I argue that young boys' developing relationship with sport is inscribed within particular gendered, raced and classed discourses in South Africa. Throughout the paper I show differences and durability of meanings across the social sites that affect and position blacks, white, boys and girls. It is argued that young boys' early association with sport is centrally about identity and doing sport, or at least establishing interest in sport is one important way in claiming to be a real boy. The findings have implications for the call by the South African Government to get the nation to play. (Contains 7 notes.) (Author).
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