Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities

ISBN-13: 9780415540377 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 216 str.

Eric Anderson

Opis

Examining the impact of decreasing cultural homophobia on both gay and straight male athletes, this text suggests that the study of sport, masculinities and sexualities emerged during a time of extreme homophobia - the 1980s.

Spis treści

1. Masculinities and Sexualities in Sport and Physical Cultures: Three Decades of Evolving Research  2. "Josh Wears Pink Cleats": Inclusive Masculinity on the Soccer Field  3. Sport Fans’ Impressions of Gay Male Athletes  4. Clubbing Masculinities: Gender Shifts in Gay Men’s Dance Floor Choreographies  5. Men at Sport: Gay Men’s Experiences in the Sport Workplace  6. "Aren’t We All a Little Bisexual?": The Recognition of Bisexuality in an Unlikely Place  7. The Benefits of Sexual Orientation Diversity in Sport Organizations  8. Mapping the Terrain of Homosexually-Themed Language  9. Homophobic and Sexist yet Uncontested: Examining Football Fan Postings on Internet Message Boards  10. An investigation of ethnicity as a variable related to US male college athletes’ sexual-orientation behaviours and attitudes  11. Male Team Sport Hazing Initiations in a Culture of Decreasing Homohysteria

O autorze

Professor Eric Anderson is a sociologist at the University of Winchester, UK. His research shows an increasingly positive relationship between gay athletes and sport, as well as a growing movement of heterosexual masculinities becoming softer and more inclusive. Professor Anderson has published ten books, including Sport, Theory and Social Problems and Inclusive Masculinity, both with Routledge.