Sport, masculinities and the body

• Main Author: Wellard, Ian.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, c2009.
• Series: Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 1.
• Subjects: Sports > Sociological aspects.; Sports > Physiological aspects.; Masculinity.; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in sports.; Human body > Social aspects.; Human body > Symbolic aspects.; Sports.; SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.; Electronic books.
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This groundbreaking work explores masculinity and the body within sports. Through participant observations, sporting life-history interviews, and research with children, Wellard highlights the social processes which impact upon individual constructions and formulations of masculine identity and revi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: reflexive approaches to sport, masculinities and the body
• Sport and masculinities
• Bodies and masculinities
• 'Expected masculine performances' in mainstream sports: serious competitors, natural athletes and casual enthusiasts
• Young bodies, schools and sport
• A lifetime of sporting bodily practices
• Non-heterosexual sporting bodies
• Conclusions: looking at the bigger picture.