Abstract

The 1920s and 1930s in Mexico were an important moment of transition for women’s sport, as women’s interests in sport as spectators and participants increased, giving rise to social debate. Much of these debates formed part of a broader discussion about the emergence of the ‘modern woman’ or, in the case of Mexico, la chica moderna. By focusing on the representation of the modern woman boxer in Mexican newspapers and popular media, this article analyses the socio-cultural construction of femininity through the discourse of sport in the postrevolutionary context of the 1920s and 1930s. This work considers how authors and publications with close ties to the postrevolutionary regime allocated the modern boxing woman a place within the postrevolutionary project, which provided the project a progressive appeal that argued for a true social equality. However, commentators also went to great lengths to reconcile the transgressive and modern character of women boxers with the state’s more traditional discourses on acceptable femininity and clear limits remained in place for women. Nevertheless, the 1920s and 1930s witnessed a remarkable opening up of possibilities for alternative types of femininities in a context that sought to establish a new national citizen in terms of gender.

摘要

1920 年代和 1930 年代在墨西哥是女子体育转型的重要时刻，因为作为观众和参与者的女性对体育的兴趣增加，引发了社会争论。这些辩论中的大部分是关于“现代女性”出现的更广泛讨论的一部分，或者在墨西哥的情况下，lachica moderna。本文着眼于现代女性拳击手在墨西哥报纸和大众媒体中的表现，通过 1920 年代和 1930 年代后革命背景下的体育话语分析女性气质的社会文化建构。这项工作考虑了与革命后政权关系密切的作者和出版物如何在后革命项目中为现代拳击女性分配一席之地，这为该项目提供了一种主张真正社会平等的渐进式吸引力。然而，评论员也竭尽全力调和女拳击手的越轨和现代性格与国家关于可接受的女性气质和明确限制的国家更传统的话语之间的协调。尽管如此，1920 年代和 1930 年代见证了在寻求在性别方面建立新的国民公民的背景下，另类女性气质的可能性的显着开放。