Von Boxerfrauen und Boxerinnen. Geschlechterkonzeptionen in der deutschsprachigen Boxsportliteratur

Abstract

For much of the 20th century, women were excluded from boxing in terms of both discourse and factual history. This is closely linked to the conceptualization of the sport: Boxing was – and to some extent still is – considered a ‘male’ sport. Nevertheless, since the end of the 20th century, a cautious opening of the boxing discourse and its literature to questions of gender equality and diversity can be observed. This article begins by revealing the archive that the German-language boxing discourse draws on in its development, also with regard to its gender concepts. On this basis, in a second step, the development of (literary) gender concepts is worked out using selected examples. In a third step, the narrative and aesthetic structure of the literary sources will be examined.