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- catalog abstract "Why is the American male's sense of self so closely intertwined with his success, or failure, as an athlete? What are the physical and emotional costs, to individual men and society at large, of engaging in organized athletics? Are sports good for men and boys? Michael Messner addresses these questions and more in his fascinating new study of masculinity and sports. Using interviews with thirty male former athletes, Messner argues that sports, so central to the lives of millions of boys and men, play a key role in shaping our society's definition of what it means to be a man. Messner shows us that lifelong relationships with colleagues, friends, lovers, wives, and children are affected by the barriers to intimacy constructed through sports. America's jock culture equates true manhood with athletic success, driving men to view the world in terms of status, power, and privilege. The Lombardian ethic that "winning isn't everything; it's the only thing" pushes America's athletes to continue to play even when hurt, to take drugs, and to treat women and others as mere objects. Sexism, homophobia, and racism pervade the world of sports, and Messner's conversations with male athletes of different races, classes, and sexual orientations reveal their struggles to reconcile the world of sports with the reality of their private lives. America's boys and men, as well as its girls and women, can find camaraderie and pleasure on the playing field, but the rules of the game must change first. The rules will only shift, Messner convinces us, when we begin to change our definitions of what it is to be men and women.".
- catalog contributor b3572580.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.".
- catalog description "Sport, men, and gender -- Boyhood : the promise of sport -- The meaning of success -- The embodiment of masculinity -- Friendship, intimacy, and sexuality -- Out of the limelight : disengagement from the athletic career -- Life after sport -- Sport and gender relations : continuity, contradiction, and change.".
- catalog description "Why is the American male's sense of self so closely intertwined with his success, or failure, as an athlete? What are the physical and emotional costs, to individual men and society at large, of engaging in organized athletics? Are sports good for men and boys? Michael Messner addresses these questions and more in his fascinating new study of masculinity and sports. Using interviews with thirty male former athletes, Messner argues that sports, so central to the lives of millions of boys and men, play a key role in shaping our society's definition of what it means to be a man. Messner shows us that lifelong relationships with colleagues, friends, lovers, wives, and children are affected by the barriers to intimacy constructed through sports. America's jock culture equates true manhood with athletic success, driving men to view the world in terms of status, power, and privilege. The Lombardian ethic that "winning isn't everything; it's the only thing" pushes America's athletes to continue to play even when hurt, to take drugs, and to treat women and others as mere objects. Sexism, homophobia, and racism pervade the world of sports, and Messner's conversations with male athletes of different races, classes, and sexual orientations reveal their struggles to reconcile the world of sports with the reality of their private lives. America's boys and men, as well as its girls and women, can find camaraderie and pleasure on the playing field, but the rules of the game must change first. The rules will only shift, Messner convinces us, when we begin to change our definitions of what it is to be men and women.".
- catalog extent "xi, 240 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Power at play.".
- catalog identifier "0807041041 :".
- catalog identifier "080704105X (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Power at play.".
- catalog isPartOf "Men and masculinity".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Power at play.".
- catalog subject "796/.0194 20".
- catalog subject "GV706.4 .M47 1992".
- catalog subject "Identity (Psychology)".
- catalog subject "Masculinity in sports.".
- catalog subject "Masculinity.".
- catalog subject "Men Identity.".
- catalog subject "Sex role.".
- catalog subject "Sports Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Sports Social aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Sport, men, and gender -- Boyhood : the promise of sport -- The meaning of success -- The embodiment of masculinity -- Friendship, intimacy, and sexuality -- Out of the limelight : disengagement from the athletic career -- Life after sport -- Sport and gender relations : continuity, contradiction, and change.".
- catalog title "Power at play : sports and the problem of masculinity / Michael A. Messner.".
- catalog type "text".