| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Series |
Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality |
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Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
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| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. An ethnography of Muslim girls' street football -- 2. Being Young in a Contested Neighbourhood -- 3. Invading the public playground -- 4. Girls only? Space, gender, and sexuality in Football Girls United -- 5. Playing religion, gender, and citizenship in Dutch public space -- 6. Conclusion: Girls who kick back: a new perspective on Muslim girls' agency -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Based on original ethnographic research in a multicultural neighbourhood in The Hague (the Netherlands), this book gives detailed insights into the challenges, negotiations, and resistances girls with Moroccan-Dutch and Muslim backgrounds face in the world of street football, one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Kathrine van den Bogert traces the experiences of teenage girls who play football in the public playgrounds in their neighbourhood, as well as in a girls' football competition the girls have set up themselves: Football Girls United. She addresses how race, ethnicity, religion, and gender are entangled in the access to and construction of the public street football spaces, such as football courts, urban playgrounds, and public squares. While often Muslim girls in football are stigmatised or excluded based on their religious and ethnic backgrounds, this book emphasises their street football practices as critical and creative ways of inclusion and belonging, both in football and in wider Dutch society. By focussing on a domain largely absent in religion and gender research, namely sport, this book brings to the forth new and innovative perspectives on religion, Islam, gender, and difference."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily |
| Subject |
Muslim girls -- Netherlands
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Soccer players -- Netherlands
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Soccer -- Social aspects -- Netherlands
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Muslim girls
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Soccer players
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Soccer -- Social aspects
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Netherlands
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781350205079 |
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1350205079 |
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9781350205062 |
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1350205060 |
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