Fissures in gendered nationalism: the rise of women's rugby in Fiji

IF 0.9 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

NATIONAL IDENTITIES Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI:10.1080/14608944.2022.2132477

Yoko Kanemasu

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Rugby represents an intersection of gendered ethno-nationalism and anti-imperialist modern nationalism in Fiji. It wields immense symbolic power as an epitome of hegemonic indigenous masculinity and cultural ethos and a medium of resistance against postcolonial marginality. Against this backdrop, predominantly non-heteronormative indigenous women have actively pursued the game, despite limited institutional support and widespread heteropatriarchal sanctions. In 2021, they won bronze at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, Fiji’s third Olympic medal, which was received with nationwide celebrations. This article examines a dramatic shift in their social standing and what it signifies for the hegemonic configuration of gendered rugby nationalism in Fiji.

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性别民族主义的裂痕:斐济女子橄榄球的兴起

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NATIONAL IDENTITIES POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： National Identities explores the formation and expression of national identity from antiquity to the present day. It examines the role in forging identity of cultural (language, architecture, music, gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with "the other" etc.) and political (state forms, wars, boundaries) factors, by examining how these have been shaped and changed over time. The historical significance of "nation"in political and cultural terms is considered in relationship to other important and in some cases countervailing forms of identity such as religion, region, tribe or class. The focus is on identity, rather than on contingent political forms that may express it. The journal is not prescriptive or proscriptive in its approach.