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Elisa Virgili Embodying and Transforming Female Masculinity through Combat Sports
This chapter explores gender performativity in the context of sport, with a focus on combat sports. It describes the dispositifs that construct and deconstruct these identities, starting from a contextualization of the relationship between gender and sport. Next, the chapter analyses gender performativity through Jack Halberstam’s concept of female masculinity. Finally, it discusses a specific aspect of female gender construction: motherhood.
2026. embodiment; gender performativity; female masculinity; combat sports; motherhood; mothering
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