In contemporary North America, figure skating ranks among the most'feminine'of sports and
few boys take it up for fear of being labelled effeminate or gay. Yet figure skating was once …

By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders,
The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how …

How do children and young people experience and understand sport and physical activity,
and what value do they attach to physical education and physical activity? This important …

What can neighborhood baseball tell us about class and gender cultures, urban change,
and the ways that communities value public space? Through a close exploration of a boys' …

Women's participation as athletes in American football precipitates gendered conflict, in that
the routine reproduction of masculine discourse and identity is challenged. As such, the …

The article shows how young men who take part in a 'feminine'sport—rhythmic gymnastics—
construct their masculine identity. In order to be considered as men, boys performing …

A forest trail made slick from rain. Elina Maki-Rautila falls hard off her mountain bike. Petri
Forseman, Jukka Pinola and Mika Hirvinen, her three [male] team-mates on Team Nokia …

Cet article examine le régime sexuel du sport en se fondant sur des recherches récentes
portant sur les hommes et les masculinités. Malgré le caractère tenace des liens entre les …

The idea of leisure as resistance raises questions about the political nature of leisure, and
particularly about human agency, power, and social and cultural change. In this sense …

This article draws on data from an Australian longitudinal study into the place and meaning
of physical activity and physical culture in the lives of young people. The aim of the national …