Grappling with Gender: Exploring Masculinity and Gender in the Bodies, Performances, and Emotions of Scholastic Wrestlers

Grappling with Gender: Exploring Masculinity and Gender in the Bodies, Performances, and Emotions of Scholastic Wrestlers

We contribute to the sociology of sport and gender literature with an ethnographic analysis of scholastic wrestling by observing the current climate of masculinity and gender. Our results suggest that it is necessary to understand men and sporting behavior within a broader framework of gender, not j...

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Main Authors: Phyllis L. Baker, Douglas R. Hotek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 2011-11-01
Series:Journal of Feminist Scholarship
Subjects:
gender
gender continuum
hegemonic masculinity
inclusive masculinity
orthodox masculinity
sports
wrestling
Online Access:http://www.jfsonline.org/issue1/articles/bakerhotek/

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http://www.jfsonline.org/issue1/articles/bakerhotek/

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