Lifestyles and Gendered Patterns of Leisure and Sporting Interests among Irish Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	MacPhail, Ann; Collier, Connie; O'Sullivan, Mary
Titel	Lifestyles and Gendered Patterns of Leisure and Sporting Interests among Irish Adolescents
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 14 (2009) 3, S.281-299 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Physical Activities; Popular Culture; Student Interests; Adolescents; Personal Narratives; Foreign Countries; Leisure Time; Athletics; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Writing (Composition); Identification (Psychology); Secondary School Students; Correlation; Family Influence; Peer Influence; Place of Residence; Global Approach; Gender Differences; Mass Media; Political Issues; Educational Trends; Physical Activity Level; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Popkultur; Studieninteresse; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Erlebniserzählung; Ausland; Freizeit; Leichtathletik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Schreibübung; Sekundarschüler; Korrelation; Wohnort; Globales Denken; Geschlechterkonflikt; Massenmedien; Politischer Faktor; Bildungsentwicklung; Irland
Abstract	This paper strives to provide an insight into the multifaceted relationships that young people have, examining the social, cultural and institutional discourses, which shape their lives. We set out to discuss, from an empirical poststructuralist perspective, the way in which Irish adolescents write about the reality of their lives and privilege certain practices and forms of subjectivity. We are particularly interested in the role and significance of physical activity in the lives of young people, asking what institutional and cultural discourses are brought into play to construct particular identities and social practices associated with leisure and sporting interests. This paper focuses on a purposeful sample of 168 written narratives of Irish post-primary students (14-17 years of age), chosen to represent the gender of students, a range of rural and urban school locales from different geographic locations and single sex and co-educational schools. We focus on the inter-relationships between (1) family and friends; (2) community-localism and tradition; (3) commodification and globalisation; (4) popular culture; and (5) gendered patterns of leisure and sporting interests. The family is a strong focal point for these young people as are their friends and being part of a community. The young people (boys in particular) are significant consumers of "media sport" and both girls and boys were knowledgeable of national and international politics. We also comment on the extent to which female and male adolescents negotiate, similarly or differently, culturally dominant discourses within physical activity and sport, with significantly more boys choosing to write about physical activity and sport in their narratives. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10