Arena of Masculinity: Sports, Homosexuality, and the Meaning of Sex

Type

Book

Authors

Brian Pronger

ISBN 10

0312050534

ISBN 13

9780312050535

Tags

Essays, Popular Culture

Description

Sports are perhaps the most visible expression of the ideals of masculinity in our society, and figure as a training ground on which young boys are taught what it means to be a man. Given the involvement of sports with masculinity, the homosexual athlete becomes a paradox, and the recent explosive growth of gay sporting leagues, a puzzle.Pronger explores the paradoxical position of the gay athlete in a straight sporting world, examines the homoerotic undercurrent subliminally present in the masculine struggle of sports, and explicates the growth of gay sports in the framework of the developing gay culture. - from Amzon

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