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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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20th Century Jocks
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21st Century Jocks and Inclusivity
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21st Century Jocks and Intimacy
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21st Century Jocks and Sex
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
"Drawing from a decade of research into young male athletes' heterosexuality, Professor Eric Anderson analyzes the dramatic shift in how today's jocks perform masculinity and heterosexuality compared to those of just a decade ago. Showing that they reject much of the hyper-masculine posturing of their athletic forefathers, in both the United States and United Kingdom, Anderson shows that jocks today celebrate their gay teammates and revel in their expanded notions of sexuality. They are having more, and more diverse, sexual encounters, and in what will shock many men over 30, this includes a great deal of physical intimacy with other men. Anderson shows that high school and university straight male jocks are kissing, cuddling and loving other jocks. 21st Century Jocks is therefore a must read have for anyone interested in sport, masculinity, or heterosexuality." - George Cunningham, Director of the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport, Texas A&M University, USA
"21st Century Jocks is Eric Anderson's most recent book in a long line of research focusing on changing images and practices of masculinities among young men who play sport in both America and Britain. The results of his ethnographic investigations and quantitative surveys are both radical and provocative, demonstrating that both gay and straight jocks of the 21st century are emotionally supportive of one another and that they enjoy physical closeness and affection. His findings thus highlight huge transformations in male relations in the West." - Jennifer Hargreaves, Professor of the Sociology of Sport, Roehampton Institute, UK
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Sports Studies, University of Winchester, UK
Eric Anderson
About the author
Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport Studies at the University of Winchester, UK and an academician of the British Academy of Social Sciences. His previous publications include The Monogamy Gap and Inclusive Masculinity.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: 21st Century Jocks: Sporting Men and Contemporary Heterosexuality
Authors: Eric Anderson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379641
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37963-4Published: 27 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55066-8Published: 27 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37964-1Published: 27 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 241
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Regional and Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Sexual Behavior, Youth Culture, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging