This text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to "be a man" in societies influenced by the ideals of Victorian upper and middle classes. It shows that rugby has been a means of promoting male exclusivity, but also been a means of cultural incorporation
Rugby has traditionally existed as a leading definer of masculinity in British culture. In the twent...
Women have had a long history of participation in modern sporting activities though they have faced ...
This paper draws on research conducted on a Tokyo high school rugby club to explore diversity in the...
In Māori society rugby has come to be viewed as a platform to maintain an indigenous model of mascul...
Gender research throughout the last two decades has positioned sport as one of the central sites in ...
This book explores the expansion of rugby from its imperial and amateur upper-class white male core ...
The term ‘banter’ refers to a specific type of jocular interaction that is playful in nature, but ch...
Pasifika men are significantly over-represented in Australias National Rugby League and their dramat...
This research project, a case-study of the organised sports programme of an urban New Zealand secon...
The intersecting issues of violence and masculinity are central to Australian rugby league. Positive...
Work on the social construction of gender over the past few decades has identified how masculinities...
This thesis explores and examines the construction of a sense of community and masculine identity in...
Wacquant (1995) argues that the irony of the body's increasing visibility in the social science lite...
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of a UK-based amateur rugby union club for g...
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of a UK-based amateur rugby union club for g...
Rugby has traditionally existed as a leading definer of masculinity in British culture. In the twent...
Women have had a long history of participation in modern sporting activities though they have faced ...
This paper draws on research conducted on a Tokyo high school rugby club to explore diversity in the...
In Māori society rugby has come to be viewed as a platform to maintain an indigenous model of mascul...
Gender research throughout the last two decades has positioned sport as one of the central sites in ...
This book explores the expansion of rugby from its imperial and amateur upper-class white male core ...
The term ‘banter’ refers to a specific type of jocular interaction that is playful in nature, but ch...
Pasifika men are significantly over-represented in Australias National Rugby League and their dramat...
This research project, a case-study of the organised sports programme of an urban New Zealand secon...
The intersecting issues of violence and masculinity are central to Australian rugby league. Positive...
Work on the social construction of gender over the past few decades has identified how masculinities...
This thesis explores and examines the construction of a sense of community and masculine identity in...
Wacquant (1995) argues that the irony of the body's increasing visibility in the social science lite...
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of a UK-based amateur rugby union club for g...
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of a UK-based amateur rugby union club for g...
Rugby has traditionally existed as a leading definer of masculinity in British culture. In the twent...
Women have had a long history of participation in modern sporting activities though they have faced ...
This paper draws on research conducted on a Tokyo high school rugby club to explore diversity in the...