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Exploring the more sophisticated and nuanced perspective in the era of sports dominance in America, athletics have become both a metaphor and reality of American masculinity. Edited by three of the leading scholars at the intersection of masculinity and sports studies, this volume offers a fascinating articulation on the state of athletics in modern society. Each part of this volume examines a significant arena and tackles some of the most deeply rooted issues within the field of sports. From the mechanisms by which masculinity is interwoven into sports, to the violence encoded within the field, this book provides an insiders look at the state of gender relations being contested and transformed.
Conceptions of Masculinity and Gender Transgressions in Sport Among Adolescent Boys: Hegemony, Contestation, and the Social Class Dynamic
Conceptions of Masculinity and Gender Transgressions in Sport Among Adolescent Boys: Hegemony, Contestation, and the Social Class Dynamic
Cases of women venturing into men-dominated fields and of men venturing into women-dominated ones constitute rich social facts that can shed light on key issues about the dynamics peculiar to the construction of gendered social life and gendered identities. Various social processes are particularly enacted in these experiences, such as (a) the complex interaction between patriarchal culture, gendered social organization, and gender identity; (b) the asymmetry of gender relations; and (c) the dynamics of change and resistance in a given social order. Modernization, the progression of capitalism, and the feminist movements ...
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