Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling

AvJack Hardwicke

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Chapters present varied analyses on male cyclists’ relationship with masculinity, the culture of competitive road cycling, cyclists’ attitudes toward injury management, sexual minority and women’s experiences in the sport, and autoethnographic accounts of the author’s own experiences of being involved in the sport for over ten years.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-04-07
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:403 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Masculinity, Sport and Exercise
Antal sidor:211
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031269745

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Jack Hardwicke is a Lecturer in Sport and Health Sciences in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at the University of Northampton. His research interests include the sociology of sporting subcultures, masculinities, socio-cultural approaches to understanding sporting injury and mixed-method social research.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Rolling Out: Introduction.- 2 Theorising Sporting Masculinities.- 3 The Gentlemen’s Club: Cycling and Masculinity in Victorian Britain.- 4 ‘Don’t be soft’: Cycling and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century.- 5 Joining the Peloton: The Cult(ure) of Competitive Road Cycling.- 6 Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity.- 7 Winning at All Costs: The Intersects of Doping, Hypercompetition and Masculinity in Cycling.- 8 Out in the Peloton: Sexual Minorities in Road Cycling.- 9 Women on Wheels: Orthodox Masculinity and the Marginalisation of Women in Competitive Cycling.- 10 Crossing the Finish Line: Conclusions.