The Symbolic Boundary of Sports: Middle School Athletic Culture and Mexican Immigrant Girls |
| |
| Authors: | Elizabeth Meador |
| |
| Institution: | Independent Scholar, Boulder, Colorado |
| |
| Abstract: | In this article the author presents an analysis of the hidden curriculum of school sports in mediating the achievement of Mexican immigrant girls in middle schools in the southwestern United States. Using Bourdieu's theory of taste, the author shows how symbolic boundaries expressed by students and teachers legitimize cultural practices that privilege youth who value sports while marginalizing those who do not. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
