This research examines two popular teen girls sports fiction series, called "Pretty Tough" and "Dairy Queen." The books are heavily premised on the idea of empowerment, and are written in ways that invite the reader to see each protagonist's choices as agentic and even subversive. Our analysis points to the ways the discourse of empowerment obscures how girls are invited to adopt ideology toward sports that undermines their ability to experience sports on their own terms.Cette étude examine deux séries de romans de sport populaires chez les adolescentes, « Pretty Tough » et « Dairy Queen ». Les livres sont grandement basés sur l'idée d'autonomisation et suggèrent au lecteur de considérer que chaque personnage possède une certaine agentivité et peut faire des choix subversifs. Notre analyse met en évidence les moyens par lesquels le discours d'autonomisation éclipse comment les filles sont amenées à avoir un rapport au sport qui limite leur habileté à vivre le sport en leurs propres termes.
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