Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami

Phoenix, Cassandra; Bell, Sarah L.; Hollenbeck, Julie

Abstract

There is a growing body of research signaling the health and wellbeing benefits of being in blue space. Here, we advance this intellectual agenda by critically examining perceptions and experiences of coastal blue space among residents of a disadvantaged, predominantly African American community who report limited engagement with their local coastal blue space, despite beachgoing being considered mainstream by a previous generation. Drawing on focus group data and sensitized to a range of theoretical perspectives aligned with race, space, and social class, we advance theoretical and empirical knowledge pertaining to blue space engagement. In doing so, we demonstrate the need for more critically informed, theoretically appropriate research in this area, which connects individual stories of the sea to the wider historical, social, and political settings in which relationships with blue space are framed and (re)produced.

Citation

Phoenix, C., Bell, S. L., & Hollenbeck, J. (2021). Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 45(2), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723520950536

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 20, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Aug 20, 2020
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 21, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 21, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Sport and Social Issues
• Print ISSN: 0193-7235
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-7638
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 115-137
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723520950536
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1258054