The Sanctity of Sunday Football: Why Men Love Sports. Douglas Hartmann.
by Hartmann, Douglas; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 301Institutions. Publisher: Contexts, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Attachment behavior | Boys -- Psychology | Masculinity | Men -- Attitudes | Men -- Psychology | Sports spectatorsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Though women are increasingly visible throughout the sporting world, more men than women play sports, watch sports and care about sports....Nevertheless, there is surprisingly little serious reflection about why this is the case." (CONTEXTS) The author reflects on how "men love playing, watching, and talking sports because modern, Western sports--dominated as they are by men and by values and behaviors that are traditionally regarded as masculine--provide a unique place for men to think about and develop their masculinity, to make themselves men, or at least one specific kind of man."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: The Sanctity of Sunday Football: Why Men Love Sports, Fall 2003; pp. 13-21.
"Though women are increasingly visible throughout the sporting world, more men than women play sports, watch sports and care about sports....Nevertheless, there is surprisingly little serious reflection about why this is the case." (CONTEXTS) The author reflects on how "men love playing, watching, and talking sports because modern, Western sports--dominated as they are by men and by values and behaviors that are traditionally regarded as masculine--provide a unique place for men to think about and develop their masculinity, to make themselves men, or at least one specific kind of man."
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