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Dancing queer tango: an experience of queer pedagogy in PESTE

Pereira-García, S., López-Cañada, E., & Elling-Machartzki, A. (2021). Dancing queer tango: an experience of queer pedagogy in PESTE. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.

Purpose: The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer/questioning students normally occupy a marginalized and at-risk position in classes and especially in physical education. In this paper, the authors explore the ways in which queer tango can contribute to counteracting heteronormativity and opening up students to new interactions and identifications through the performance of different gender performances in Physical Education and Sport Tertiary Education.

Method: A queer tango session was carried out with 111 university students (91 men and 19 women aged 19–22 years). Data were obtained from interviews, video records, and open questionnaires about the practice.

Results: The findings reveal that the performance of dance roles that are contrary to the heteronormative order reinforced both heteronormativity and queer embodiments in Physical Education and Sport Tertiary Education.

Conclusion: An isolated activity is not enough, and more queer pedagogical practices should be introduced in order to make meaningful changes to mainstream students’ ideology and behaviors.

Dit artikel verscheen online op 24 juli 2021 in het tijdschrift Journal of Teaching in Physical Educationis (geen open access). Het is hier verkrijgbaar.

Uitgever(s): Human Kinetics,

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Sofía Pereira-García
Elena López-Cañada
Agnes Elling-Machartzki

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Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
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gender
sportopleidingen