The rites of men : manhood, politics, and the culture of sport / Varda Burstyn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Societies, bodies, and ideologies: terms and approaches -- 'To raise the wolf in a man's heart': sport and men's culture in the nineteenth century -- 'Taming the beast': sport, masculinity, and sexuality in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Delivering the male: sport culture, the mass media, and the masculinity market -- Spectacle, commerce, and bodies: three facets of hypergender in the sports nexus -- 'Hit, crunch, and burn': organized violence and men's sport -- 'Hooligans, studs, and queers': three studies in the reproduction of hypermasculinity -- High performance: drugs, politics, and profit in sport -- Re-creating recreation: sport and social change.

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