Making European masculinities : sport, Europe, gender / editor, J.A. Mangan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mangan, J. A.

Series:

European sports history review 1462-1495 ; v. 2.

The European sports history review, 1462-1495 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--Europe.

Masculinity.

Men--Europe--Psychology.

Men.

Sports--Europe--History.

Sports.

Sports--Europe--Sociological aspects.

History.

Psychology.

Europe.

Physical Description:

201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 2000.

Contents:

Prologue: 'With spirits masculine' / J.A. Mangan 1

The Ephebia in the Ancient Hellenic World and its Role in the Making of Masculinity / Evangelos Albanidis 4

Fighting Bulls in Southern European Culture: Anthropomorphic Symbols of Aggression and Mythical Male Heroes / Frederic Saumade, Jean-Michel Delaplace 24

Asserting Male Values: Nineteenth-Century Fetes, Games and Masculinity

A French Case Study / Remi Dalisson 40

The Other Side of the Coin: Victorian Masculinity, Field Sports and English Elite Education / J.A. Mangan, Callum McKenzie 62

The Masculine Road through Modernity: Ling Gymnastics and Male Socialisation in Nineteenth-Century Sweden / Jens Ljunggren 86

Athleticism in the Service of the Proletariat: Preparation for the English Elementary School and the Extension of Middle-Class Manliness / J.A. Mangan, Colm Hickey 112

Gymnastics as a Masculinity Rite: Ollerup Danish Gymnastics between the Wars / Hans Bonde 140

Pre-Totalitarian, Totalitarian and Post-Totalitarian Masculinity: The Projection of the Male Image in Sports Policy in Bulgaria / Vassil Girginov 160

Epilogue: 'What Man has made of Man' / J.A. Mangan 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-196) and index.

ISBN:

0714650897

071468130X

OCLC:

44398499