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- Title
A NEW VOICE: Korean American Women in Sports.
- Authors
Yomee Lee
- Abstract
This study examines the cultural meanings Korean American women give to participation in sports. Interviews with six Korean American women at a large Midwestern university revealed that their sporting experiences involved a complicated process of identity construction, not only as Asian American women but also as ethnically Korean American women. In addition, the study shows how sport becomes a focal point of negotiations and compromise with regard to gender relations in terms of traditional Korean values and beliefs.
- Subjects
KOREAN American women; WOMEN'S sports; SPORTS; CULTURE; IDENTITY (Psychology); SOCIAL consciousness; ASIAN American women; GENDER; COMPROMISE (Ethics); SOCIAL values
- Publication
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2005, Vol 40, Issue 4, p481
- ISSN
1012-6902
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1012690205065748