This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Web of Science (2) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Hanson, S. L. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Hidden Dragons

Asian American Women and Sport

Catholic University

In this research, the authors take a multicultural feminist approach to examining Asian American women’s participation in sport during the high school years. Data come from the nationally representative, longitudinal National Educational Longitudinal Survey. Asian American women are virtually invisible in the sport literature in part because of simplistic stereotypes of submissive, subservient Asian American women. Findings suggest considerable diversity across groups of Asian American women in sport participation. They also show that Asian American women, as a whole, have a different pattern of sport participation than other women. However, they are not less involved in sport. They are slightly less involved in sport than are young Asian American men, but this gender effect exists across race and ethnic groups. Implications of these findings for understanding the complexity of Asian American culture and the importance of examining Asian American gender systems as unique products of Asian American history and culture are discussed.

Key Words: Asian American • gender • sport

Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 29, No. 3, 279-312 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0193723505276229


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				C. R. King Defacements/Effacements: Anti-Asian (American) Sentiment in Sport Journal of Sport and Social Issues, November 1, 2006; 30(4): 340 - 352. [Abstract] [PDF]