When the Other Silences You

Teaching Rugby Between Desire and the Law from a Lacano-American Perspective

Authors

  • Mario Valentín Mamonde Jara UNLP - FAHCE-PUEF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ra.v17i2.99479

Abstract

The teaching of rugby in Latin America goes beyond the technical-tactical dimension: it is configured as a subjectivation device where law, desire, and jouissance converge. This essay explores the practice and teaching of rugby from a Lacanian perspective, understanding that this sport not only shapes bodies but also produces subjects. Using the concepts of master signifiers, imaginary identification, jouissance, and transference, the symbolic and unconscious operations structuring the relationships between players, coaches, and the body in play are analyzed. A critique of gender mandates present in rugby is proposed, as well as an opening toward a pedagogy of desire that acknowledges the subjective effects of this bodily practice.

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Published

2025-12-15

How to Cite

Mamonde Jara, M. V. (2025). When the Other Silences You: Teaching Rugby Between Desire and the Law from a Lacano-American Perspective. The Journal of the Latin American Socio-Cultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE), 17(2), 126–131. https://doi.org/10.5380/ra.v17i2.99479

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2025): Investigar o rugby: práticas, saberes e lógicas em disputa

Section

Dossiês

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