Citation

Stoddart MC. Int. Rev. Sociol. Sport 2011; 46(1): 108-124.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, International Sociology of Sport Association, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1012690210373541

PMID

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Abstract

Sport sociology has provided a significant body of critical research on gender and social inequality within outdoor sport. Less attention is given to how the social construction of sport landscapes shapes gendered power relations. This article examines how skiing landscapes are constructed as masculinized spaces. The mountainous sublime is a site for performing athletic, risk-seeking masculinity.The backcountry and advanced terrain at ski resorts also appear as masculinized places. By contrast, less risky areas of the skiing landscape may be interpreted as ‘gender-neutral’ or feminized space. Through skiing, participants construct the meaning of gender and place, privileging masculinized versions of the sport.