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Record Nr.

UNINA9910686481903321

Autore

Hardwicke Jack

Titolo

Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling / / by Jack Hardwicke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-26975-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Masculinity, Sport and Exercise, , 2662-7418

Disciplina

796.60811

Soggetti

Men

Queer theory

Sports—Sociological aspects

Sex

Human body—Social aspects

Mens' Studies

Queer Studies

Sport Sociology

Gender Studies

Sociology of the Body

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Rolling Out: Introduction -- 2 Theorising Sporting Masculinities -- 3 The Gentlemen’s Club: Cycling and Masculinity in Victorian Britain -- 4 ‘Don’t be soft’: Cycling and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century -- 5 Joining the Peloton: The Cult(ure) of Competitive Road Cycling -- 6 Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity -- 7 Winning at All Costs: The Intersects of Doping, Hypercompetition and Masculinity in Cycling -- 8 Out in the Peloton: Sexual Minorities in Road Cycling -- 9 Women on Wheels: Orthodox Masculinity and the Marginalisation of Women in Competitive Cycling -- 10 Crossing the Finish Line: Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on extensive ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this monograph provides a novel account of masculinities in an individual sport: competitive road cycling. Chapters present varied



analyses on male cyclists’ relationship with masculinity, the culture of competitive road cycling, cyclists’ attitudes toward injury management, sexual minority and women’s experiences in the sport, and autoethnographic accounts of the author’s own experiences of being involved in the sport for over ten years. The author also examines how masculinity impacts male cyclists’ attitudes towards competition, risk taking and doping practices. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in sports sociology, gender studies, and masculinity studies. Jack Hardwicke is a Lecturer in Sport and Health Sciences in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at the University of Northampton. His research interests include the sociology of sporting subcultures, masculinities, socio-cultural approaches to understanding sporting injury and mixed-method social research. .