The Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Sport

Over the past two decades there has been a rapid transformation of masculinities in the West, largely facilitated by a decline in cultural homophobia. The significant changes in the expression of masculinity, particularly among younger generations of men, have been particularly evident in men’s team sports, which have become an increasingly diverse and inclusive culture. Drawing upon work from a wide range of established and emerging international scholars, this handbook provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the contemporary relationship between masculinity and sport. It covers a range of areas including history, media, gender, sexuality, race, violence, and fandom, considering how they impact a range of different sports across the world. Students and scholars across many disciplines will find the unparalleled overview provided by these specially commissioned chapters an invaluable resource.

1. Introducing the Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Sport; Rory Magrath, Jamie Cleland and Eric Anderson.- Part I: The Foundations of Masculinity and Sport.-2. Theories of men and masculinity, and their ability to account for positive change; Brittany Ralph and Steven Roberts.- 3. Arousing cheer: Exhibitionism in men’s sports from Weimar to the present; Erik Jensen.- 4. ‘Land of my fathers’: Reflections on the evolution of a modern sports club; Campbell Williams.- 5. Sexual abuse and masculine cultures: Reflections on the British football scandal of 2016; Kevin Dixon.- Part II: Sport’s Use in Making and Stratifying Men.- 6. ‘It used to be brutal, now it’s an art’: Changing negotiations of violence and masculinity in British karate; Chloe Maclean.- 7. Figurational sociology and masculine embodiment in male physical education; Mark Mierzwinski and Philippa Velija.- 8. From powerhouses to pixies and back: boys, men, and troubled masculinity in artistic gymnastics; Aaron Gurlly.- 9. “I probably shouldn’t say this, should I…but…”: Mischievous masculinities as a way for men to convey reflexivity and make choices in sporting sites; Kitty Nichols.- 10. The positive impact of trans inclusion in team Sports: Men’s roller derby; Dawn Fletcher.- 11. I have no idea what my body is now capable of, or should I say ‘not capable of’: The ageing male body in sport: To midlife and beyondMurray Drummond.- Part III: Sport, Masculinity, and the Media.- 12. “Man’s game:” Media, masculinity, and early Canadian hockey; Taylor McKee and Brittany Reid.- 13. Commodification and heroic masculinity: Interrogating race and the NFL quarterback in Super Bowl commercials; Lawrence A. Wenner.- 14. “I Hate Christian Laettner” and the persistence of hegemonic masculinity and heteronormativity in sporting cultures; Nathan Kalman-Lamb.- 15. Dance diversity on YouTube: How participatory culture encourages inclusive masculinities; Craig Owen and  Sarah Riley.- 16. Making American white men great again: Tom Brady, Donald Trump, and the allure of white male omnipotence in post-Obama America; Kyle Kusz.- Part IV: The Relationship Between Masculinity and Sexuality.- 17. The man on the horse: Masculinity and sexuality in British horse racing; David Letts.- 18. Masculinity and inclusive rugby in the UK; Ken Muir, Keith Parry and Eric Anderson.- 19. Association football, masculinity, and sexuality: An evolving relationship; Jamie Cleland and Rory Magrath.- 20. “They were constantly harassing us and a lot of it was to do with our sexuality”: Masculinities, heteronormativity and homophobia in university-based sport; Catherine Phipps.- 21. From stoicism to bromance: millennial men’s friendships Ryan Scoats and Stefan Robinson.- 22. Inclusive masculinities in American high school athletics: An ethnography; Luis Emilio Morales; Part V: International Sporting Masculinities.- 23. Developing sport in a developing nation: Gendered challenges and considerations; Kerry Wardell.- 24. Boys in rhythmic gymnastics: Gymnasts’, parents’ and coaches’ perspectives from Southern Spain; Joaquin Piedra, Daniel Gallardo and George Jennings.- 25. Exploring the attitudes towards homosexuality of a semi-professional Swedish football team with an openly gay teammate; Connor Humphries, Lindsey Gaston, Rory Magrath and Adam White.- 26. Sport and masculinities in Sweden: Performance and the notion of gender equality; Håkan Larsson and Jesper Andreasson.- 27. Sport, masculinities and disabilities in Zimbabwe; Tafadzwa Rugoho.- 28. Turkish oil wrestling and the Western gaze: Hegemonic heteronormativity, Islamic body culture, and folk wrestling masculinities; Thomas Fabian.- 29. The reproduction of hegemonic masculinity in football fandom. An analysis of the performance of Polish ultras; Radoslaw Kossakowski, Dominik Antonowicz and Honorata Jakubowska.- 30. Is soccer just for machos?: The construction of masculinity in contemporary Peruvian kick-lit” stories and “kick-flicks”; JesúsHidalgo Campos.

Rory Magrath is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University, UK.

Jamie Cleland is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Management at the University of South Australia.

Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities, and Sexualities at the University of Winchester, UK.