Call for Proposals, Special Issue of GLQ: The Athletic IssueJennifer Locke, Black/White (2009) This issue aims to collate interdisciplinary queer scholarship
on sports and physical culture. This work should engage major issues in contemporary criticism –
e.g. discourse on nationalism, autonomy and escape; neoliberalism esp.
In my view and experience, football breaks down barriers of nations, race, class, age, and well...,
gender!However, in spite of advances over the years, football culture remains very
male-chauvinistic, perhaps blocking the complete breakthrough of women's football (I think the main
problem with women's football is that it is not as technically good as men's, but it surely could
be!
