ISBN: 0-8070-4104-1
Godina izdanja: 1992
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

MICHAEL A. MESSNER

POWER AT PLAY - Sports and the Problem of Masculinity

Izdavač - Beacon Press, Boston

Godina - 1992

XIII + 240 strana

23 cm

ISBN - 0-8070-4104-1

Povez - Tvrd

Stanje - Kao na slici, tekst bez podvlačenja



SADRŽAJ:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Sport, Men and Gender
2. Boyhood: The Promise of Sport
3. The Meaning of Succes
4. The Embodiment of Masculinity
5. Frinedship, Intimacy and Sexuality
6. Out of the Limelight: Disengagement from the Athletic Career
7. Life after Sport
8. Sport and Gender Relations: Continuity, Contradiction and Change
Appendix 1: Individual Data on Interviewees
Appendix 2: Interviewing Male Former Athletes
Appendix 3: Social Class and Race of Interviewees
Notes
Bibliography
Index


`This provocative study by a sociology professor at the University of Southern California is based on interviews he conducted in the mid-1980s with 30 male former athletes (some of whom disliked being called `former`) whose involvement with organized sport occurred in either high school, college or professional leagues. Examining `the relationship between the development of masculine identities and the structure of sport as a social institution,` Messner observes that the increased participation of women in sports--which, he notes, prompted his book--and a growing acceptance of gay athletes pose a powerful challenge to traditional notions of games as macho (and sexist and homophobic) activities. Among other striking observations in this well-documented analysis, Messner suggests that the feminist revolution of the 1960s and `70s may have stimulated a burgeoning interest in pro football, the most violent of major American sports, on the part of `threatened` males. With graceful prose and a broad scope, the book offers a feast of ideas.`



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