The jazz-sport analogue: Passing notes on gender and sexuality

Authors: Caudwell, J.

Journal: International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volume: 45

Issue: 2

Pages: 240-248

eISSN: 1461-7218

ISSN: 1012-6902

DOI: 10.1177/1012690209357120

Abstract:

This short communication is an engagement with popular-cultural comparative analysis. It focuses on the ways jazz and sports are linked via the idea of an improvisatory-aesthetic. The short communication considers styles of play and socio-cultural practices to argue that the dominant improvisatory-aesthetic is contingent on gender and sexuality. Taking a Butlerian approach, the analysis claims that improvisation has been produced historically and performatively to deny girls and women recognition as viable subjects. © The Author(s) 2010.

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