Journals / Spor Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi / 2019 / Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 2

Women Athletes’ Experiences of Empower and Oppression through Bikini Fitness

Kadın Sporcuların Bikini Fitness Yoluyla Güçlenme ve Baskılanma Deneyimleri

Pages
289–307
DOI
—
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

When analyzing bikini fitness norms with Foucault's (1977, 1980) conceptual tools that he used to describe modern power, we discussed the experiences of bikini fitness athletes in the context of normalization and resistance to power practices.

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:The aim of this study is to analyze empowering and oppressesing aspects of bikini fitness in women athletes' lives.
📊
Key Findings & Data:In our study, we used phenomenology, one of the qualitative research methods.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:When analyzing bikini fitness norms with Foucault's (1977, 1980) conceptual tools that he used to describe modern power, we discussed the experiences of bikini fitness athletes in the context of normalization and resistance to power practices.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Bikini fitness · Foucault · İktidar

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze empowering and oppressesing aspects of bikini fitness in women athletes' lives. In our study, we used phenomenology, one of the qualitative research methods. We collected data through in-depth individual interviews with ten bikini fitness athletes selected according to the criterion sampling method and analyzed them with thematic analysis method. Research findings show that the body of bikini fitness women is built around gendered norms. However, in this construction, it is understood that the athletes have different empowering practices against the control mechanisms of power on the body. When analyzing bikini fitness norms with Foucault's (1977, 1980) conceptual tools that he used to describe modern power, we discussed the experiences of bikini fitness athletes in the context of normalization and resistance to power practices.

Özet

Bu araştırmanın amacı bikini fitnessın kadın sporcuların yaşantılarındaki güçlendirici ve baskı kurucu yönlerini analiz etmektir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden fenomenoloji kullanılmıştır. On bikini fitness sporcusuyla yapılan derinlemesine bireysel görüşmeler yoluyla toplanan veriler tematik analiz yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları bikini fitnessçı kadınların bedenlerinin toplumsal cinsiyetlendirilmiş normlar etrafında inşa edildiğini göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte bu inşada iktidarın beden üzerindeki denetim mekanizmalarına karşı sporcuların farklı güçlenme pratikleri olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. Araştırmanın sonunda bikini fitness normları Foucault’nun (1977, 1980) modern iktidarı tanımlarken başvurduğu kavramsal araçlarıyla birlikte analiz edilirken, bikini fitnessçıların deneyimleri norma uyma/normalleşme ve iktidara karşı direniş pratikleri bağlamında tartışılmıştır.

🔖

Cite This Article

KAVASOĞLU, İ., ARITAN, C. K. (2019). Women Athletes’ Experiences of Empower and Oppression through Bikini Fitness. Spor Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 2, 289–307. https://ajindex.com/articles/313571

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (9)

  1. Alkan, A. (2015). Toplumsal cinsiyet anaakımlaştırma. Ankara:
  2. Berk. Aspridis, A., O’Halloran, P., & Liamputtong, P. (2014). Female bodybuilding: perceived social and psychological effects of participating in the figure class. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 22(1), 24-29. DOI:10.1123/wspaj.2014-0008.
  3. Ataman, B., ve Çoban, B. (2016). Gözetim toplumu [Panoptikon]. B. Çoban ve B. Ataman (Der.), İstanbul:
  4. Ege. Baştürk, E. (2016). Gözetimin soykütüğü: Foucault'dan Deleuze'e postmodern bir arkeoloji. İstanbul:
  5. Kalkedon. Bell, M. C. (2008). Strength in muscle and beauty in integrity: Building a body for her. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 35(1), 43-62. DOI: 10.1080/00948705.2008.9714726. Berger, J. (2018). Görme biçimleri. İstanbul:
  6. Metis. Boyle, L. (2005). Flexing the tensions of female muscularity: How female bodybuilders negotiate normative femininity in competitive bodybuilding. Women's Studies Quarterly, 33(1/2), 134-149. [Erişim adresi:https://www.jstor.org/stable/40005506].
  7. Blinde, E. M., Taub, D. E., & Han, L. (1993). Sport participation and women's personal empowerment: Experiences of the college athlete. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 17(1), 47-60. DOI: 10.1177/019372359301700107. Brace-Govan, J. (2004). Weighty matters: Control of women's access to physical strength. The Sociological Review, 52(4), 503-531. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2004.00493. Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative research in psychology, 3(2), 77-101. DOI: 10.1191/1478088706qp063oa. Bulgu, N., Koca Arıtan, C., ve Aşçı, F.H. (2007). Gündelik yaşam, kadın ve fiziksel aktivite. Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 18(4), 167-181. [Erişim adresi: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sbd/issue/16399/171450].
  8. Cantor, D., Bernay, T., & Stones, J. (1992). Woman in power: The secrets of leadership. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Cole, C. L. (1993). Resisting the canon: Feminist cultural studies, sport, and technologies of the body. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 17(2), 77-97. DOI:10.1177/019372359301700202. Cresswell, J.W. (2018). Nitel araştırma yöntemleri. M. Bütün ve S.B. Demir (Çev.), Ankara:
  9. Siyasal. Deem, R., & Gilroy, S. (1998). Physical activity, life‐long learning and empowerment—situating sport in women's leisure. Sport, Education and Society, 3(1), 89-104. DOI: 10.1080/1357332980030106. Denzin, N. K. (2012). Triangulation 2.0. Journal of mixed methods research, 6(2),80-88. DOI: 10.1177/1558689812437186. Duncan, M. C. (1994). The polit