The rites of men : manhood, politics, and the culture of sport /
Burstyn, Varda,
The rites of men : manhood, politics, and the culture of sport / Varda Burstyn. - xvi, 388 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0802028446 9780802028440 0802077250 9780802077257
00551126
Sports--Social aspects
Masculinity.
GV706.5 / .B87 1999
306.483
The rites of men : manhood, politics, and the culture of sport / Varda Burstyn. - xvi, 388 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0802028446 9780802028440 0802077250 9780802077257
00551126
Sports--Social aspects
Masculinity.
GV706.5 / .B87 1999
306.483