Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities examines the impact of decreasing cultural homophobia on both gay and straight male athletes. It suggests that the study of sport, masculinities and sexualities emerged during a time of extreme homophobia— the 1980. Cultural homophobia declined, however, throughout the 1990s and the first decade of the new millennia. Consequently, this research argues that the way young men view homosexuality and masculinity has also changed, resulting not only in improved conditions for sexual minorities in sport, but it has also promoted a culture of softer, more tactile and emotional forms of heterosexual masculinities. The ten studies presented in this book reflect this shift in masculinities; highlighting the necessity of developing new ways of theorizing the changing dynamics between masculinities, sexualities and physical cultures in the next decade.
This book is based on the original special issue published in the Journal of Homosexuality.
1) Introduction Eric Anderson, University of Winchester, UK
2) Josh Wears Pink Cleats Adi Adams, University of Bath, UK
3) Sports Fans’ Impressions of Gay Male Athletes Jamonn Campbell, Shippensburg University, USA, Denise Cothren, Shippensburg University, USA, Ross Rogers, Shippensburg University, USA, Lindsay Kistler Shippensburg University, USA, Anne Osowski, Shippensburg University, USA, Nathan Greenauer, Shippensburg University, USA, Christian End, Xavier University, USA
4) Male Team Sport Hazing Initiations in a Culture of Decreasing Homohysteria (Journal of Adolescent Research) Eric Anderson, University of Winchester, UK, Mark McCormack, Brunel University, UK, Harry Lee, University of Bath, UK
5) Clubbing Masculinities: Gender Shifts in Gay Men’s Dance Floor Choreographies Grant Tyler Peterson, Royal Holloway, UK
6) Men at Sport: Gay Men’s Experiences in the Sport Workplace Elizabeth Cavalier, Georgia State University, USA
7) An Investigation of Ethnicity as a Variable Related to US Male College Athletes’ Sexual Orientation Behaviors and Attitudes (Ethnic And Racial Studies) Richard Southall, North Carolina Chapel-Hill, USA, Eric Anderson, University of Winchester, UK, Mark Nagel, University of San Francisco, USA, Fritz Polite, University of Tennessee, USA, Crystal Southall, North Carolina Chapel-Hill, USA
8) The Benefits of Sexual Orientation Diversity in Sport Organizations George Cunningham, Texas A&M, USA, Nicole Melton, Texas A&M, USA
9) Mapping the Terrain of Homosexually-Themed Language Mark McCormack, Brunel University, UK
10) Homophobic and Sexist yet Uncontested: Examining Football Fan Postings on Internet Message Boards Edward M. Kian, University of Central Florida, USA, Galen Clavio, Indiana University-Bloomington, USA, John Vincent, University of Alabama, USA, Stephanie D. Shaw, University of Central Florida,USA
Biography
Professor Eric Anderson is a sociologist at the University of Winchester, UK. His research shows an increasingly positive relationship between gay athletes and sport, as well as a growing movement of heterosexual masculinities becoming softer and more inclusive. Professor Anderson has published ten books, including Sport, Theory and Social Problems and Inclusive Masculinity, both with Routledge.
