Publisher's Synopsis
A fascinating examination of masculinity and sports, a close and unflinching look at the male sporting culture, where violence, pain and sexism are considered necessary for both athletes and sports educators. Messner and Sabo are both social science lecturers, and authors of three previous books on masculinity and sporting culture, including Jock: Sports & Male Identity and Power at Play. In their latest book, they draw together the different strands of recent thought on masculinity and sports, and see a way where a new kind of masculinity can prevail, not only in sports, but, by extension, into life as well.
