The Arena of Masculinity
Sports, Homosexuality, and the Meaning of Sex
Published on 14. March 2025
305 pages
978-1-4299-3499-2 (ISBN)
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Sports are perhaps the most visible expression of the ideals of masculinity in our society, and figure as a training ground on which young boys are taught what it means to be a man. Given the involvement of sports with masculinity, the homosexual athlete becomes a paradox, and the recent explosive growth of gay sporting leagues, a puzzle. Pronger explores the paradoxical position of the gay athlete in a straight sporting world, examines the homoerotic undercurrent subliminally present in the masculine struggle of sports, and explicates the growth of gay sports in the framework of the developing gay culture.
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05/1992
St Martin's Press
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Brian Pronger is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Health at the University of Toronto.
