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The arena of masculinity : sports, homosexuality, and the meaning of sex / Brian Pronger.
LIBRA - Limited GV706.5 .P76 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pronger, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Sports.
- Gay athletes.
- Sex role.
- Masculinity.
- Sports--Psychological aspects.
- Gay people and sports.
- Gay athletics.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- Sports are perhaps the most visible expression of the ideals of masculinity in our society, and figure as a training ground on which young boys are taught what it means to be a man. Given the involvement of sports with masculinity, the homosexual athlete becomes a paradox, and the recent explosive growth of gay sporting leagues, a puzzle. Pronger explores the paradoxical position of the gay athlete in a straight sporting world, examines the homoerotic undercurrent subliminally present in the masculine struggle of sports, and explicates the growth of gay sports in the framework of the developing gay culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312062931
- 9780312062934
- OCLC:
- 238932124
- Online:
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- Publisher description
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