Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
Fall 9-1-2016
Publication Title
Handbook of Research on Race, Gender, and the Fight for Equality
Department
Mass Communications
Abstract
The confluence of gender and information technology in chess is explored in this chapter based on a small empirical interview study. By interviewing nine women chess players who compete in men's tournaments, the chapter examines the underrepresentation of women in the traditionally male domain of chess and discusses the role of computers and the Internet in women players' work/play routines. Five in-depth interviews were conducted Face-to-Face (FTF) and four interviews were conducted over the Internet using the textual chat feature of the International Chess Club during the summer of 2010. How women negotiate gendered identity and how they position themselves in regard to information technology are discussed. The interviewees' reflexive accounts discussing gendered practices and the changing notion of gender in chess challenge technologically infused male culture in ways that help us to understand the role of embodiment in mastery and expertise.
Recommended Citation
Baasanjav, Undrah, "“A Girl Move”: Negotiating Gender and Technology in Chess Online and Offline" (2016). SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. 70.
https://spark.siue.edu/siue_fac/70
Included in
Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons