Legitimacy and Respectability on the Skin: Bruises, Women’s Rugby and Situational Meaning
(2023)
Journal Article
Branchu, C. (2023). Legitimacy and Respectability on the Skin: Bruises, Women’s Rugby and Situational Meaning. Body & Society, 29(4), 53-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034x231201941
Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork, this article explores amateur rugby women’s reflexive negotiation of the bruises they earn as a result of the physicality of the game. On one hand, participants take pride in body marks that confirm their athletic... Read More about Legitimacy and Respectability on the Skin: Bruises, Women’s Rugby and Situational Meaning.