‘Women Doing Friendship’: an analysis of women's leisure as a site of identity construction, empowerment and resistance

Green, Eileen

doi:10.1080/026143698375114

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“…The transformation of mundane or domestic space (bedrooms, living rooms, cars) into places of companionship, wellbeing, creativity and collaboration reveals an assertive place making that draws on routine practice. Central to this construction of emplaced meaning is the notion that shared spaces are safe places to talk (Green 1998). Interview transcripts can illustrate this point succinctly:…”

Section: Friendships In Improvised Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These stories emphasise the role of shared proximity in the production of relational experience through shared bodily practice (Green, 1998). Hanson and Pratt (1995) note the potential for female friendships for transforming spaces into sites of resistance and aspiration "Gendered identities, including aspirations and desires, are fully embedded in -and indeed inconceivable apart from -place" (Hanson and Pratt 1995:18).…”

Section: Friendships In Improvised Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…65 Historically, women's spatial mobility has been limited, choices of living and working spaces curtailed (Green 1998). The transformation of mundane or domestic space (bedrooms, living rooms, cars) into places of companionship, wellbeing, creativity and collaboration reveals an assertive place making that draws on routine practice.…”

Section: Friendships In Improvised Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Lawthom²

2017

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Section: Friendships In Improvised Placesmentioning

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Section: Friendships In Improvised Placesmentioning

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Lawthom²

2017

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“…There are many studies about womens' barriers to leisure and recreational activities like Riot (2015), Tekin (2011), Green (2010, Reichert et al (2007) and Muratidou et al (2004), but a few studies have focused on factors that could be considered interpersonal constraints on women's leisure and recreation rights with the perspectives of women decision-maker's. According to Keshkar et al (2012) this can be explained by the tendency of women toward having a greater number of social relationships than men.…”

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Perspectıves of women decısıon-makers over the partıcıpatıon and recreatıonal events ın sports: a turkısh perspectıve

Guzel¹

2015

Educ. Res. Rev.

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The purpose of this research is to put forth the role of the leisure and recreation events awareness including women decision-makers effects on their fellow women. Three main themes were recognized: Past; "Process of leisure and recreation events of women in Turkey", Present; "Model of Turkey for women on leisure and recreation", Future; "Process of women' leisure and recreation in the near future". At the end of this research, it is expected to give new ideas to the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), academic ınstitutions, local governments and private sectors who are in the aim of supporting women's participation in leisure and recreation.

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“…Engagement in a leisure based community contributes to the development of one's social self and social identity (Arai and Pedlar, 2003). Female-only leisure space is more likely to allow a woman to find empowerment through a leisure activity-based identity, and develop her social self through relationships with others (Gagne and Austin, forthcoming;Green, 1998). Gendered identity construction is a recognizable benefit that comes from social interactions within leisure activity-based communities.…”

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The personal and social benefits of airplane piloting as a serious leisure activity for women.

Shupe

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Serious leisure theory (Stebbins, 1992) is used to frame this examination of women's long-term involvement in airplane piloting. Through in-depth, semi-structured telephone and e-mail interviews with women having over 15 years experience as private pilots, this study examines their leading motivations and their personal and social benefits realized through airplane piloting as a leisure activity. Women's participation in amateur airplane piloting displays the six characteristics of serious leisure. In addition to the durable benefits ascribed to serious leisure, the respondents demonstrated several other personal and social benefits. The interview data revealed that women pursue airplane piloting as independent, interdependent, or dependent pilots. I identified independent pilots as the women who were intrinsically motivated to become involved with piloting for selforiented rewards. Interdependent pilots who decided with their significant others to engage in airplane piloting as a shared leisure activity demonstrates internalization of extrinsic motivation. Dependent pilots are women whose partner had already been piloting for years before they are extrinsically motivated to pursue their pilot certificates in order to assist their partners. Using grounded theory analysis and feminist research iv methodology, this study allowed a comparison of benefits realized from airplane piloting as serious leisure based upon women's initial motivations to become pilots. This study of women airplane pilots enabled insight into women's involvement in a male dominated serious leisure that requires a significant investment oftime, effort and money in the acquisition and maintenance of specialized skills.v

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‘Women Doing Friendship’: an analysis of women's leisure as a site of identity construction, empowerment and resistance

Cited by 186 publications

References 16 publications

How We Know Each Other

How We Know Each Other

Perspectıves of women decısıon-makers over the partıcıpatıon and recreatıonal events ın sports: a turkısh perspectıve

The personal and social benefits of airplane piloting as a serious leisure activity for women.

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