Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport

Victoria Robinson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield. She has held posts at the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle. Her other books include Mundane Heterosexualities: From Theory to Practices, with J. Hockey and A. Meah, (Palgrave, 2007) and she has co-edited, with D. Richardson the third edition of the best selling text book Introducing Gender and Women's Studies, (Palgrave, 2008).

'Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport combines a deep understanding of the meaning of climbing for those who participate in the sport with a critical insight derived from recent debates dealing with men and masculinities. This is a book than can be read with profit by both those who know little about the sport and those who are enthusiastic participants.'David Morgan, Keele University

• Introduction Chapter 1: Theorising (Extreme) Sporting Masculinities Chapter 2: Problematising Extreme Sports Chapter 3: Men's Sporting Identities Chapter 4 'Belay Bunnies': Sport, Gender Relations and Masculinities Chapter 5: Sporting Inner Lives: Emotions, Intimacies and Friendship Chapter 6: The Sporting Balance: Family, Work and the Life Course Chapter 7: Extreme Sporting Bodies Chapter 8: Taking Risks Conclusion.