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Article Dans Une Revue International Review for the Sociology of Sport Année : 2014

Alcohol consumption among women rugby players in France: Uses of the " third half-time "

Julien Fuchs

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This article explores alcohol consumption among women rugby players, particularly during the " third half-time " , 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 " male " sport – women have a specific relationship with alcohol; although drinking is deemed necessary to demonstrate their inclusion in so-called " rugby culture " , 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.

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Sociologie
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hal-01684148 , version 1 (03-03-2018)

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Julien Fuchs, Yannick Le Hénaff. Alcohol consumption among women rugby players in France: Uses of the " third half-time ". International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2014, 494, pp.367 - 381. ⟨hal-01684148⟩
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