Challenging myths of masculinity : understanding physical cultures / Lee F. Monaghan, University of Limerick, Ireland, Michael Atkinson, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Farnham, Surrey :
Ashgate,
[2014]
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| Series: | Interactionist currents.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: From myths to empirically grounded understandings: researching men's and boys' physical cultures
- 'Postmodern' muscle: the embodied pleasures of vibrant physicality
- Cosmetic surgery: men who walk/erase the gender line
- Burly 'bouncers,' cardboard cutouts and physical violence: an ethnography of nightclub security work
- Masculinity on the menu: body slimming and self-starvation as physical culture
- Challenging the obesity myth: men's critical understandings of the body mass index
- Schoolboys, physical education and bullying: 'hey, leave those kids alone!'
