1st Edition
Masculinities Football, Polo and the Tango in Argentina
By Eduardo P. Archetti
Copyright 1999
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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The complex relationship between nationalism and masculinity has been explored both historically and sociologically with one consistent conclusion: male concepts of courage and virility are at the core of nationalism. In this ground-breaking book, the author questions this assumption and advances the debate through an empirical analysis of masculinity in the revealing contexts of same-sex... Read more
Acknowledgements, Prologue, Introduction: Frameworks and Perspectives, PART I: Hybridization, CHAPTER ONE: Situating Hybridity and Hybrids, CHAPTER TWO: Male Hybrids in the World of Football, CHAPTER THREE: Hybridization and Male Hybrids in the World of Polo, PART II: Masculine Moralities, CHAPTER FOUR: Locating Masculinities and Moralities, CHAPTER FIVE: Masculinities and Morality in the Poetics of the Argentinian Tango, CHAPTER SIX: Masculine National Virtues and Moralities in Football, CHAPTER SEVEN: The Masculine Imagery of Freedom: the World of Pibes and Maradona, Epilogue, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Eduardo P. Archetti Professor of Social Anthropology,University of Oslo
