Sport, Masculinities and the Body

By Ian Wellard

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041553657X
• ISBN13: 9780415536578
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"