Exploring the more sophisticated and nuanced perspective in the era of sports dominance in America, athletics have become both a metaphor and reality of American masculinity. Edited by three of the leading scholars at the intersection of masculinity and sports studies, this volume offers a fascinating articulation on the state of athletics in modern society. Each part of this volume examines a significant arena and tackles some of the most deeply rooted issues within the field of sports. From the mechanisms by which masculinity is interwoven into sports, to the violence encoded within the field, this book provides an insiders look at the state of gender relations being contested and transformed.

Forword - Michael S Kimmel
Sudying Sport, Men and Masculinities from Feminist Standpoints - Jim McKay, Michael A Messner and Don Sabo
PART ONE: EVERDAY CONSTRUCTIONS OF HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY
Wrestling with Gender - Cynthia A Hasbrook and Othello Harris
Physicality and Masculinities Among Inner-City First and Second Graders
Moms, Sisters, and Ladies - Stephan R Walk
Women Student Trainers in Men¿s Intercollegiate Sport
The Morality/Masculinity Paradox - Shari Lee Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs
Masculinity, Sport, and the Media
Dueling Machos - Alan M Klein
Masculinity and Sport in Mexican Baseball
PART TWO: MEN¿S VIOLENCE AND SPORT
`Be a Buddy to your Buddy¿ - Laurence De Garis
Male Identity, Aggression and Intimacy in a Boxing Gym
Researching Sports Injury - Kevin Young and Philip White
Reconstructing Dangerous Masculinities
Domestic Violence and Televised Athletic Events - Don Sabo, Philip M Gray and Linda A Moore
`It¿s a Man Thing¿
Athletic Affiliation and Violence Against Women - Todd Crosset
Toward a Structural Prevention Project
Booze and Bar Fights - Timothy Jon Curry
A Journey to the Dark Side of College Athletics
After the War? Soccer, Masculinity, and Violence in Northern Ireland - Alan Bairner
PART THREE: CONTESTING THE GENDER REGIME OF SPORT
Conceptions of Masculinity and Gender Transgressions in Sport Among Adolescent Boys - Suzanne Laberge and Mathieu Albert
Hegemony, Contestation, and the Social Class Dynamic
Homosexuality and Sport - Brian Pronger
Whös Winning?
Panic Sport and the Racialized Masculine Body - David Rowe, Jim McKay, and Toby Miller
Dennis Rodman-Do You Feel Feminine Yet? - Michele D Dunbar
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