The chapters in the Women’s Football in Latin America two volumes will look at the social and historical means of the embodied representation of gender differences that has been deeply embedded in the history of Latin American women and football. The authors identify and analyse how, in a range of ways, Latin American women have found in-between spaces, amid severe macho structures, to establish and play their football. As a result, the book will be of interest to researchers and students of sport sociology, football studies, gender studies, comparative sports studies, sports history, and Latin American sporting culture.
The second volume of this edited collection integrates a range of high-quality studies on women’s football across Latin American countries to a global readership. From studies with marginalized communities, football fans but also the media and professional women’s footballers, the chapters show how fútbol has been a key part of oppressive gender structures, and ways that women have fought for gender equity within this key cultural expression in Latin America. The book also suggests a fascinating research and activist agenda for women’s football in the continent for the next decades.
Author(s): Jorge Knijnik, Gabriela Garton
Series: New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 320
City: Cham
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Diagrams
List of Tables
1: Introduction
Reference
Part I: Football: The Final Feminist Battleground in Latin America
2: No nos callamos más: A Turning Point in Women’s Football and Women’s Rights in Argentina
Introduction
‘Conscientização’ and Social Justice on an Uneven Football Pitch
Methodology
Women and Football: Playing on a Minefield
‘We want to be heard’: Conscientisation and Collective Action
Semi-professionalisation as a Response to the Players’ Fight
Final Reflections
References
3: ‘Our football is joy, it’s dissident, and it’s feminist!’: La Coordinadora Sin Fronteras de Fútbol Feminista and Women’s Fight for the Right to Football in Argentina
Introduction: Fresh Air, a New Way of Living Feminism
Recent Feminist Movements in Argentina: To Put Many of the Things That Happen to Women into Words
Football in National Women’s Encounters: What Is Football for You?
Struggling for a Space to Play: The cancha as a Symbol of Appropriating National Identity
Cancionero feminista. Nutmegging the Patriarchy and Oppression
Conclusion: The Emotionality for ‘Recovering What Is Ours’
References
4: Another ‘barra’ Is Possible: Women, Feminism and ‘barras’ in Mexico
Introduction: Women in the Bleachers
The Male Culture of aguante in Latin American barras
Kicking Down the Patriarchy: Feminist Appropriation of Latin America’s Bleachers
Women’s Experiences as a Methodology Principle
Changing the Meaning of Football Fandom
Gender Bias in the Introduction to Football
Mechanisms of Otherness for Female Fans
Another barra Is Possible: Hacking the Culture of aguante
Concluding Thoughts
References
5: La Nuestra Fútbol Feminista: A Social Experimentation and Learning Territory
Initial Considerations About Participating in This Book
Nosotras
The Community of Practice in Popular Education, Feminism and Football
The Meetings
‘La cancha es nuestra!’: The Football Field as an Insurgent Feminist Territory
La Nuestra’s Identity in Movement
La Nuestra Theories: What Does Libertarian Feminist Football Coaching Look Like?
Our Learnings: The Values Created
References
Part II: Mujeres Futbolistas: Experiences and Achievements
6: Power, Policy and Priorities: The Experiences of Colombian Women Playing Football
Introduction
Policy Analysis
Vignettes
Discussion
Conclusion
References
7: Bolivian Women as Professional Footballers: The Voices and the Feminism of the karimachus
First Half—Introduction
Halftime—Methods
Second Half—Results and Discussion
Karimachus
Voices of the karimachus: Occupying a Masculine Space
Resistance and Persistence on the Field
Extra Time—Conclusions
References
8: Socio-Political Dynamic of Women’s Participation in Football in Venezuela
Introduction
Venezuelan Football
Literature Review
Feminism and Sport
Methodology
Results
Final Remarks
References
9: Invisible Champions: An Ethnography of Peruvian Women’s Football
Introduction
Methodology
Context
Discussion
The Club Hierarchy
Players’ Views and Experiences
Conclusion
References
10: Mexican Women and Academics Playing Football
Introduction
Evolution of Mexican Women’s Public Participation
Movement of Mexican Women’s Bodies: From Illegitimate to Legitimate
Mexico’s Football Culture and the Arrival of Women
University Football as the MX Professional League’s Platform
The Methodological Process for Broadening Women Footballers’ Perspective
University Women Playing Football: Reality and Challenges
Conclusions
References
11: Football and Gender in Chile: Impact of the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on the Participation of Chilean Women in the Sport
Introduction
Chilean Women’s Participation in Football
Development of Women’s Football in Chile
Milestones of Chilean Women’s Football and Its Impact
Women’s Role in Football’s Development in Chile
Conditions of the Practice of Chilean Women’s Football
Reflections
References
Part III: Latin American Conversations: Pasado, Presente y Futuro
12: ‘Femina sana in corpore sano’ (As long as they don’t play football): Football and Womanhood in the 1920s’ Argentine Capital
Introduction
Sports and Femininity During the 1920s: The Place of Football
The Press and Voices Against Women’s Football
Press Coverage and Nuanced Views About Women’s Football
Conclusions
References
13: Transgression and Resistance: An Approach to Mexican Women’s Football History through the Case of Alicia Vargas (1970–1991)
Origins: From the Streets to the Fields
The First Women’s Team and Job Offers
Return to Amateur Leagues and Alicia’s Last National Team Experience
Conclusions
References
14: An Oral History of Women’s Football in Colombia: Building Tools for Collective Action
Introduction
Body Politics
Building the Feminine Body: Control and Exclusion in Colombian Sports
Overcoming Body Control and Colombian Football’s Pioneers
Oral Histories of Colombian Women’s Football
The Beginning: Influence of Brothers and the Streets
Practicing Gendered Football: Growing as a Footballer in a Masculine Field
Early Matches, Exhibition Football and Professionalisation by Women
New Segregations
Conclusions
References
15: Has Latin America’s Title IX Arrived? Impact of the CONMEBOL Institutional Incentive Regulations on South American Football
Introduction
Theoretical Approach: State and Multicentre Public Policies
Gender Inequality in Sport
Methodology
Impact of CONMEBOL Club License Regulations on National Confederations Across South America
Conclusions
References
16: ‘Si nos permiten jugar’: Constructing a Feminist Football in Latin America
Colonisation, Football and Conscientização
Latin American Feminist Football’s Agenda in Post-pandemic or Syndemic Times
Football as a Language: Decolonising the Game
Freeing the Diverse Footballing Bodies
Is Social Media the New Space for Feminist Footballing’s Revolution?
‘Si nos permiten jugar’: For a Feminist Football That Changes the World
References
Index
