The Hockey Girls. The creation of a new collective subject: sisterhood and the empowerment of women

The vindication of female sport at an international level and the visibility of this subject in the media provided the groundwork for the release of the fictional television series Les de l'hoquei/The Hockey Girls (TV3, 2019-2020; Netflix, 2019). After a successful first season on TV3, it was i...

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Published inFeminist media studies Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 2063 - 2084
Main Authors Tous-Rovirosa, Anna, Prat, Maria, Dergacheva, Daria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Content analysis
Empowerment
Equality
gender
Girls
Hockey
intersectionality
Masculinity
Men
Postfeminism
sisterhood
Sport feminism
Television
TV series
Visibility
Women
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Summary:The vindication of female sport at an international level and the visibility of this subject in the media provided the groundwork for the release of the fictional television series Les de l'hoquei/The Hockey Girls (TV3, 2019-2020; Netflix, 2019). After a successful first season on TV3, it was included in the Netflix catalogue. Through content analysis of its first season and an ad-hoc analysis sheet, we conclude that this series promotes equality by creating a new collective subject that unites men and women. We also find that it builds new models of masculinity, female empowerment, sisterhood and better relations between genders. Therefore, the series moves away from post-feminist postulates and shows that it is still necessary to establish equality between men and women.
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ISSN:1468-0777
1471-5902
DOI:10.1080/14680777.2022.2029526