This chapter explores the theoretical implications of intersectional research, incorporating arts-based, visual, and reflexive ethnographic methods in the Global South. It synthesises the sports experiences of 12 young Indo-Fijian women examined in earlier chapters, analysing how history, politics, culture, gender, race, religion, and other social factors shape their perceptions of and engagement with sports in Fiji. This chapter provides a summary of the themes explored in the earlier chapters and highlights the systemic barriers and intersecting racial, gender, and religious dynamics that restrict Indo-Fijian girls’ and women’s participation in sports and physical activities. The chapter also explores how this group of women challenges negative racial and gendered stereotypes, as well as dominant, one-sided sporting narratives, while actively creating space for their own agency, liberation, and transformation through sport. The findings are organised into four key themes: Compliance to hegemonic binary gender and racial status quo; Education and social class; Institutional barriers and responses; and Resistance. While these stories and findings do not represent all South Asian women, they highlight the unique struggles and resilience of Indo-Fijian women by exploring the nuanced, intersecting identities of these young women and how they shape their experiences and participation in sports. This perspective is helpful to understand the sporting experiences of other marginalised women (of colour) and their relationship with sport in their settler-colonial homes and/or as migrants to the Global South and North. This chapter advocates for culturally sensitive, intersectional approaches to address these challenges, offering insights into supporting marginalised women in overcoming barriers and fostering more inclusive spaces in sports and physical culture.

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Conclusion: Intersectional Insights into the Sporting Lives of Young Indo-Fijian Women

  • Rohini Balram

摘要

This chapter explores the theoretical implications of intersectional research, incorporating arts-based, visual, and reflexive ethnographic methods in the Global South. It synthesises the sports experiences of 12 young Indo-Fijian women examined in earlier chapters, analysing how history, politics, culture, gender, race, religion, and other social factors shape their perceptions of and engagement with sports in Fiji. This chapter provides a summary of the themes explored in the earlier chapters and highlights the systemic barriers and intersecting racial, gender, and religious dynamics that restrict Indo-Fijian girls’ and women’s participation in sports and physical activities. The chapter also explores how this group of women challenges negative racial and gendered stereotypes, as well as dominant, one-sided sporting narratives, while actively creating space for their own agency, liberation, and transformation through sport. The findings are organised into four key themes: Compliance to hegemonic binary gender and racial status quo; Education and social class; Institutional barriers and responses; and Resistance. While these stories and findings do not represent all South Asian women, they highlight the unique struggles and resilience of Indo-Fijian women by exploring the nuanced, intersecting identities of these young women and how they shape their experiences and participation in sports. This perspective is helpful to understand the sporting experiences of other marginalised women (of colour) and their relationship with sport in their settler-colonial homes and/or as migrants to the Global South and North. This chapter advocates for culturally sensitive, intersectional approaches to address these challenges, offering insights into supporting marginalised women in overcoming barriers and fostering more inclusive spaces in sports and physical culture.