A Battlefield for Gender Equality

Argentina's participation in the Women's Copa América hosted by Chile exposed as never before the precarious conditions faced by Argentine women's football players. Through publications on social media and interviews with Argentine newspapers and radio programs, national team players...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Garton, Gabriela Nicole, Hijós, María Nemesia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/162637
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/162637
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:GENDER
EQUALITY
FOOTBALL
MEDIA COVERAGE
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Sumario:Argentina's participation in the Women's Copa América hosted by Chile exposed as never before the precarious conditions faced by Argentine women's football players. Through publications on social media and interviews with Argentine newspapers and radio programs, national team players manifested their unrest regarding the scant support they receive from the Argentine Football Association (AFA) reinforcing the cultural conception of football in Argentina as a "man's thing", a space governed exclusively by and for men. With this paper, we hope to expose the inequality of a historically androcentric sport practice and the new vindicating scenario proposed by the women's movement for the near future.