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Zusatztext Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport combines a deep understanding of the meaning of climbing for those who participate in the sport with a critical insight derived from recent debates dealing with men and masculinities. This is a book than can be read with profit by both those who know little about the sport and those who are enthusiastic participants. Informationen zum Autor Victoria Robinson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield. She has held posts at the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle. Her other books include Mundane Heterosexualities: From Theory to Practices, with J. Hockey and A. Meah, (Palgrave, 2007) and she has co-edited, with D. Richardson the third edition of the best selling text book Introducing Gender and Women's Studies, (Palgrave, 2008). Victoria Robinson , PhD, is reader in sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her research interests are extreme sport, rock climbing in particular; gender and sexualities; and men and masculinities. Her published works include Everyday Masculinities: Male Identity and Rock Climbing ; Heterosexualities: From Theory to Practices ; and Maculinities in Transition . She is also coeditor, with D. Richardson, of the series Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences . She received her doctorate at the University of Manchester, UK. Zusammenfassung Rock climbing is one of today's most popular 'extreme sports.' Although many women are involved, the sport retains a particularly male image and culture. This book presents a study of rock climbing in the UK, analysing what it reveals about the contemporary construction and performance of masculinity through sport. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Theorising (Extreme) Sporting MasculinitiesChapter 2: Problematising Extreme SportsChapter 3: Men's Sporting IdentitiesChapter 4 'Belay Bunnies': Sport, Gender Relations and MasculinitiesChapter 5: Sporting Inner Lives: Emotions, Intimacies and FriendshipChapter 6: The Sporting Balance: Family, Work and the Life CourseChapter 7: Extreme Sporting BodiesChapter 8: Taking RisksConclusion...
