Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity (Men and Masculinity Series)

By Michael A. Messner

Book Overview

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award 1993Based on interviews with a diverse group of former high school, college, and professional athletes, Power at Play examines the important role sports play in defining masculinity for American men.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807041041
• ISBN13: 9780807041048
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Beacon Pr
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Nice..Long, but Nice

It's a kind of tedious read, but the central idea (at least what I came away as the central idea) is great: masculinity, and athletics aren't two bad notions in and of themselves. But when you put the two together, and not properly supervised, you can come up with some horrible stuff. He goes about proving this by interviewing some ex-jocks and comes up with some great material. It's basically a sociological sutdy, but works out nicely.