| Description |
xvi, 388 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Societies, bodies, and ideologies : terms and approaches -- 'To raise the wolf in a man's heart' : sport and men's culture in the nineteenth century -- 'Taming the beast' : sport, masculinity, and sexuality in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Delivering the male : sport culture, the mass media, and the masculinity market -- Spectacle, commerce, and bodies : three facets of hypergender in the sports nexus -- 'Hit, crunch, and burn' : organized violence and men's sport -- 'Hooligans, studs, and queers' : three studies in the reproduction of hypermasculinity -- High performance : drugs, politics, and profit in sport -- Re-creating recreation : sport and social change. |
| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects.
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Masculinity (Psychology)
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| ISBN |
0802077250 (pbk.) |
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0802028446 (bound) |
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