The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education by Louise Mansfield Jayne Caudwell Belinda Wheaton & Beccy Watson

Author:Louise Mansfield, Jayne Caudwell, Belinda Wheaton & Beccy Watson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London

Queer Theory in HPE

Contemporary research associated with, or pointing towards, the various lines of queer theory and HPE includes three significant sources. The first is Block’s (2014) plea to support LBGTQ students in HPE, secondly Sykes’ ongoing work (1998, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011) associated with queer bodies , and finally Larsson and colleagues’ work (with Fagrell & Redelius 2009; with Redelius & Fagrell 2011; with Quennerstedt & Öhman 2014; and, Redelius, Fagrell, & Larsson, 2009) to identify heteronormativity in HPE and propose queer ways of disrupting hegemonic practices.

In a recent article Block (2014) argues for HPE to make a non-normative paradigm shift to:[T]ransform the movement landscape from celebrating winners and idealizing the domination of some people over others, and frightening people into exercising for good health , to a more holistic approach that embraces complexity and promotes connection to self and others, empowerment, and collaboration … By changing the movement landscape of physical education, deeper meanings can surface to consciousness and purposeful realization of the self can be fostered. (p. 23)

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