Perfect Performance: Gender and Body Historical Perspectives on Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Switzerland in the 20th Century.

Schüpbach, Yvonne (27 January 2022). Perfect Performance: Gender and Body Historical Perspectives on Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Switzerland in the 20th Century. (Unpublished). In: Feminisms and Sport Studies Conference. Online Conference hosted by King's College London. 27. - 28. January 2022.

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This presentation focused on the following questions:
- How are gender and gendered bodies reproduced and naturalized in Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Switzerland in the 20th Century?
- How did the Swiss Women's Gymnastics Association (re)produce gender, gender binarity and gendered bodies?

The presentation analised primary sources from sources from the Swiss Women's Gymnastics Association to find answers to the research questions and to show why Women's Artistic Gymnastics must finally be researched with a feminist approach.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Institute of History, Modern and Contemporary General and Swiss History
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Swiss History

Graduate School:

Graduate School Gender Studies

UniBE Contributor:

Schüpbach, Yvonne

Subjects:

900 History
900 History > 940 History of Europe
900 History > 990 History of other areas

Language:

English

Submitter:

Yvonne Schüpbach

Date Deposited:

16 Feb 2022 13:43

Last Modified:

31 Mar 2023 16:19

Additional Information:

The conference was organised by Claire Nicolas (King's College, London) and Solène Froidevaux (University of Concordia, Montreal) who are visiting scholars funded by Swiss National Science Foundation.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Feminisms, Sport Studies, Conference, Women's Artistic Gymnastics, Switzerland, Womens Sport, Doing Sport is doing Gender, Political Body.

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/164900

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