Unleashing Manhood in the Cagecb

Informationen zum Autor By Christian A. Vaccaro and Melissa L. Swauger Klappentext This book uses a sociological and ethnographic lens to explore why MMA participants endure grueling workouts and serious injury. The authors argue that the idolization of MMA participants from their supporters, each other, and culture more generally is linked to the creation of a type of publicly accessible and consumable form of masculinity. Zusammenfassung This book uses a sociological and ethnographic lens to explore why MMA participants endure grueling workouts and serious injury. The authors argue that the idolization of MMA participants from their supporters! each other! and culture more generally is linked to the creation of a type of publicly accessible and consumable form of masculinity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, by Robert HeasleyChapter One: "Bitches Get Stitches" Chapter Two: "More Testosterone than a Herd of Water Buffalo" Chapter Three: "I am in Invincible Mode" Chapter Four: "It's Every Heterosexual Guy's Dream" Chapter Five: "Lean Back On It Until It Breaks" Chapter Six: "She's My Property and Always Will Be" Chapter Seven: "Biology Is Not Destiny"

Product details

• Authors: Melissa L Swauger, Melissa L. Swauger, Swauger Melissa L., Christian Vaccaro, Christian A Vaccaro, Christian A. Vaccaro, Vaccaro Christian A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781498523769
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2376-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Martial Arts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Oriental martial arts, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts / General