@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol consumption among women rugby players in France: uses of the "third half-time"",
journal="International review for the sociology of sport",
year="2014",
author="Fuchs, Julien and Hénaff, Yannick Le",
volume="49",
number="3-4",
pages="367-381",
abstract="This article explores alcohol consumption among women rugby players, particularly during the &quot;third half-time&quot;, which traditionally takes place after the matches. The article will focus on alcohol use and the transgression of the norms of femininity. A series of ethnographic observations were carried out and semi-structured interviews were conducted with players (n = 10) from an amateur league-level women's rugby team in Western France. The results show that within the context of rugby - which is marked by festive excesses and has been socially constructed as a &quot;male&quot; sport - women have a specific relationship with alcohol; although drinking is deemed necessary to demonstrate their inclusion in so-called &quot;rugby culture&quot;, it is, nevertheless, far from being completely unrestrained. On the contrary, some of its effects are a construct of the group itself. In this sense, drinking in the third half-time poses a dilemma for women: how to establish themselves as women rugby players whilst remaining women at the same time.<p/> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1012-6902",
doi="10.1177/1012690213510513",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690213510513"
}