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Christine Mennesson
Researcher at Paul Sabatier University
Publications - 45
Citations - 715
Christine Mennesson is an academic researcher from Paul Sabatier University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Habitus & Socialization. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 37 publications receiving 625 citations. Previous affiliations of Christine Mennesson include University of Toulouse.
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'Hard' women and 'soft' women. The social construction of identities among female boxers
TL;DR: This article used a combination of Bourdieu's concept of habitus theory and an interactionist perspective to examine women's participation in the traditionally'man's world' of boxing and found that women boxers occupied an ambivalent position: on the one hand, by definition, they challenged the existing gender order; on the other hand, they also reinforced the status quo by displaying traditional modes of femininity.
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Homosociability and Homosexuality: The Case of Soccer Played by Women
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the biographical and contextual elements favouring the involvement of female athletes playing high-level team sports in homosexual practices, a recurring issue in the sporting arena.
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Etre une femme dans le monde des hommes : Socialisation sportive et construction du genre
TL;DR: Mennesson et al. as mentioned in this paper analyse les consequences of l'entree de femmes dans des mondes traditionnellement reserves aux hommes, a partir d'enquete de terrain de longue duree, identifie les conditions sociales qui favorisent ces choix sportifs and etudie comment les femmes gerent les contradictions produites par la poursuite d'une carriere sportive.
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Gender construction in judo interactions.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors observed interactions between men and women during training sessions of the pole-hop in Toulouse and carried out interviews with judokas exhibiting various behaviours.
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Être une femme dans un sport « masculin »: Modes de socialisation et construction des dispositions sexuees
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of femmes investies a haut niveau dans des sports dits masculins, le football and les boxes poings-pieds.