Everyday masculinities and extreme sport : male identity and rock climbing /

Robinson, Victoria

Everyday masculinities and extreme sport : male identity and rock climbing / Victoria Robinson - English ed. - Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008 - viii, 183 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Theorizing sporting masculinities -- Problematizing 'extreme' sports -- Men's sporting identities -- 'Belay bunnies' : sport, gender relations and masculinities -- Sporting inner lives : emotions, intimacies and friendship -- The sporting balance : family, relationships and work -- Everyday sporting bodies -- Risking it

9781845201364 (cloth) 1845201361 (cloth) 9781845201371 (pbk.) 184520137X (pbk.)


Rock climbing
Sports--Social aspects
Sports--Psychological aspects
Masculinity
Men--Identity

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