Masculinities, Gender Relations, and Sport

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SAGE Publications, May 26, 2000 - Social Science - 344 pages

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 the 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.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
Part I Everyday Constructions of Hegemonic Masculinity
13
Women Student Trainers in Mens Intercollegiate Sport
31
Masculinity Sport and the Media
47
Masculinity and Sport in Mexican Baseball
67
Part II Mens Violence and Sport
87
Reconstructing Dangerous Masculinities
108
Its a Man Thing
127
Chapter 11 After the War? Soccer Masculinity and Violence in Northern Ireland
176
Part III Contesting the Gender Regime of Sport
195
Whos Winning?
222
Chapter 14 Panic Sport and the Racialized Masculine Body
245
Chapter 15 Dennis RodmanDo You Feel Feminine Yet? Black Masculinity Gender Transgression and Reproductive Rebellion on MTV
263
References
287
Index
319
About the Editors and Contributors
325

Toward a Structural Prevention Project
147
A Journey to the Dark Side of College Athletics
162

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I was hired in 1982 as an assistant professor. I left a joint appointment between Sociology and African-American Studies to join the D'Youville faculty. At D'Youville I was provided the opportunity to teach across disciplines and the freedom to pursue an aggressive research and writing agenda. My lifelong intellectual passion has been to understand gender relations. Sociology is the most comprehensive knowledge framework to explore the psychological, social, cultural, and sexual dimensions of gender. I have published extensively on gender relations in relation to issues, including physical activity and health, gender equity in athletics, sport and masculinity, and men's violence. I have been a leader in the development of social scientific study of men and masculinities, particularly in the areas of sport and health. I'm founder and director of the Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sport & Health (CRPASH) at D'Youville. The mission of CRPASH is to design, conduct, and disseminate cutting-edge research on the links among physical activity, sport and health. We are an organizational catalyst for interdisciplinary research projects that foster education, policy development, and public health initiatives. We specialize in getting knowledge and policy "off the shelf" and into communities, schools, and the media, where it can impact people's lives. CRPASH's partnerships with national nonprofits, visionary donors, and corporate sponsors enable us to maximize the educational impacts of our research. I am a Professor of Health Policy in D'Youville's Health Policy & Health Education Doctoral Program. For students this program is both an intellectually challenging and supportive environment that deepens their knowledge, develops their research and managerial skills, and allows them to pursue a personally and professionally meaningful scholarly agenda. Our small classes help produce big results. I've also served as the Research Director for the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF). I like to say that I have two bosses who are both women: Sr. Denise Roche, president of D'Youville College, and Billie Jean King, founder and Board Chair of the Women's Sports Foundation.

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