unwarranted and invasive scrutiny: Caster Semenya, sex-gender testing and the production of woman in 'women's' track and field

被引:8
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作者
Pastor, Aaren [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, English, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Womens Gender & Sexual Studies, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
gender; race; gender theory; South Africa; sex-gender system; feminist theory; SPORT;
D O I
10.1177/0141778919849688
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
This article discusses the imbrication of racialising and sexualising scientific practices of gender testing and verification in elite athletics competition, and their intersection with social politics, using as a theoretical frame the feminist, anti-racist work of Hortense Spillers (2003), Judith Butler (1990, 1993a, 1993b, 2004) and Anne Fausto-Sterling (2000), among others. It traces the practice of sex-gender testing of 'women' at sanctioned International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) track and field competitions in order to contextualise South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya's experiences at the 2009 Berlin World Championships and the subsequent spectacularisation of her body through the discursive practices of representation.
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