Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport by Robinson, Victoria

Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781845201364)

Vendor: Victoria Robinson
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Format: Hardcover
$175.00
$175.00
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Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport by Robinson, Victoria

Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport

$175.00
Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport by Robinson, Victoria

Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport

$175.00
Format: Hardcover
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Rock climbing is one of today's most popular 'extreme sports.' Although many women are involved, the sport retains a particularly male image and culture. Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport presents the first in-depth study of rock climbing in the UK, analysing what it reveals about the contemporary construction and performance of masculinity through sport.One of the key concerns of the book is the relationship between everyday masculinity and the pursuit of the extraordinary through sport. Drawing on insights from sociology and gender studies, the book challenges traditional approaches to the analysis of sport.

Author: Victoria Robinson
ISBN-10: 1845201361
ISBN-13: 9781845201364
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d
By Victoria Robinson
By Victoria Robinson
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Victoria Robinson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield. She has held posts at the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle. Her other books include Mundane Heterosexualities: From Theory to Practices, with J. Hockey and A. Meah, (Palgrave, 2007) and she has co-edited, with D. Richardson the third edition of the best selling text book Introducing Gender and Women's Studies, (Palgrave, 2008).

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