Sport, Masculinities and the Body

Sport, Masculinities and the Body

Ian Wellard

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2012
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Estudios de género, grupos de género
ISBN:
9780415536578
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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 reviews these in relation to broader debates on gender, embodiment and sporting participation.

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