Sex, Violence & Power in Sports: Rethinking Masculinity

by Michael A. Messner

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895946890
• ISBN13: 9780895946898
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Crossing Press
• Length: 220 Pages

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Sex, Violence and Power in Sports is a compelation of short articles written by the authors (and others) with such diverse topics as locker room talk, what can be said about a society whose fascination with sports is a direct correlate of how much blood is spilled during the game, and the inside-outside dillema of homosexual atheletes. This in itself is somewhat new--few sociologists have attempted to tackle (no pun intended) the subject of the athletic subculture. What's more new, however, is the feminist slant the authors have taken to explain the culture of athletes as part of the larger patriarchy. Sure, it's a weighty book, and its suggestions that athletics are "deviogenic" would be denied by all well-socialized athletes, but it is well worth the read.