关键词: 体育史, 近代史, 女性, 社会精英, 权力话语

Abstract:

Adopting literature review, historical research, and logical analysis, based on the theories of gender and body sociology, this study explored into the generation mechanism and latent practice of power discourse of modern women's participation in sports. It was believed that the formation of this power discourse was achieved through an interaction between “elemental coordination” and “self-internalization.” The male-dominated social elite of the modern era constructed the power discourse of women’s participation in sports through the “imagined sick man” narrative. This discourse was operationalized via synergistic interactions with “social media” and “institutional spaces”, culminating in the production of its underlying mechanisms. Under the dual conditions of women’s self-construction and the state’s regulatory presence, this discourse gradually solidified into an identity-based recognition. By clarifying these generative mechanisms, the latent implications of this discourse power were revealed. Unlike the oppressive “foot-binding narrative”, the discourse power of women’s participation in sports serving as a political reform tool of “utopian liberation” established a structurally advantageous framework for women. The absence of punitive bodily rituals such as foot-binding allowed women to cultivate “self-internalized subjectivity”, marking a transformative shift in gendered consciousness.

Key words: sports history, modern history, woman, social elite, power discourse