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Original Articles

Beyond “add women and stir”: Politics, feminist development, and dene games

Pages 489-512 | Published online: 21 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

The recent addition of a Junior Girls’ category to the Dene Games component of the Arctic Winter Games raises important questions about the ways in which popular physical practices are developed. In this paper, I examine efforts aimed at the “development” of physical practices and attempts at gender equity in Dene games in the Northwest Territories (NWT) and at the Arctic Winter Games. In so doing, I highlight the links between these popular physical practices in the NWT, politics, Western feminisms, and cultural self‐determination, while also suggesting possible future directions for women's involvement in Dene games.

Résumé

L'addition récente d'une catégorie des filles juniors aux Jeux Dene des Jeux d'Hiver Arctique pose des questions importantes au sujet des façons desquelles les pratiques physiques populaires sont développées dans un contexte féminin. Dans cet article, j'examine les efforts visant le développement des pratiques et des tentatives d'éthiques physiques dans les Jeux Dene et les Jeux d'Hiver Arctique. Ceci fait, j ‘ accentue les liens entre ces pratiques physiques populaires dans les Territoires du Nord‐Ouest (TNO) la politique, le féminisme occidental, et l'autodétermination culturel, tout en suggérant de futures directions possible pour la participation des femmes aux Jeux Dene.

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