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Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami

Phoenix, Cassandra; Bell, Sarah L.; Hollenbeck, Julie

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Authors

Sarah L. Bell

Julie Hollenbeck



Abstract

There is a growing body of research signaling the health and wellbeing benefits of being in blue space. Here, we advance this intellectual agenda by critically examining perceptions and experiences of coastal blue space among residents of a disadvantaged, predominantly African American community who report limited engagement with their local coastal blue space, despite beachgoing being considered mainstream by a previous generation. Drawing on focus group data and sensitized to a range of theoretical perspectives aligned with race, space, and social class, we advance theoretical and empirical knowledge pertaining to blue space engagement. In doing so, we demonstrate the need for more critically informed, theoretically appropriate research in this area, which connects individual stories of the sea to the wider historical, social, and political settings in which relationships with blue space are framed and (re)produced.

Citation

Phoenix, C., Bell, S. L., & Hollenbeck, J. (2021). Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 45(2), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723520950536

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 20, 2020
Online Publication Date Aug 20, 2020
Publication Date Apr 1, 2021
Deposit Date Aug 21, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Sport and Social Issues
Print ISSN 0193-7235
Electronic ISSN 1552-7638
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 45
Issue 2
Pages 115-137
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723520950536

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