La production de la « différence sexuelle » des corps dans la pratique sportive du tir à l’arc

Based on a sociological phenomenological approach, this article highlights gendered logics within the sport archery, at the level of the bodily techniques’ appropriation, and more generally in interactions linked to this activity. It aims to show how the bodies trainings with specific sporting objects is caught up in gendered bodily learning, which contributes to shaping the discourses, lived experiences and morphologies of practitioners. However, if sex bicategorisation is at the basis of the classification and sports performance, the research presented here also sheds light on the way in which archery practice can sometimes open up new fields of bodily possibilities, which temporarily destabilises the gender order.

Abstract licence: CC BY-NC-ND

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