Everyday masculinities and extreme sport
Subtitle: male identity and rock climbing
By: Victoria Robinson.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781845201364; 9781845201371
Subjects: Rock climbing; Sports -- Social aspects; Sports -- Psychological aspects; Masculinity; Men -- Identity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theorizing sporting masculinities; title: Problematizing 'extreme' sports; title: Men's sporting identities; title: 'Belay bunnies' : sport, gender relations and masculinities; title: Sporting inner lives : emotions, intimacies and friendship; title: The sporting balance : family, relationships and work; title: Everyday sporting bodies; title: Risking it.