LEADER 02971nam 2200517 450 001 9910797867903321 005 20170918171133.0 010 $a1-4985-2377-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000498327 035 $a(EBL)4086537 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001571462 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16221832 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001571462 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14791518 035 $a(PQKB)10702923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4086537 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000498327 100 $a20151211h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|---m|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnleashing manhood in the cage $emasculinity and mixed martial arts /$fChristian A. Vaccaro and Melissa L. Swauger 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 119 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4985-2378-1 311 $a1-4985-2376-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1."Bitches Get Stitches" -- 2."More Testosterone than a Herd of Water Buffalo" -- 3."I am in Invincible Mode" -- 4."It's Every Heterosexual Guy's Dream" -- 5."Lean Back on It Until It Breaks" -- 6."She's My Property and Always Will Be" -- 7."Biology is Not Destiny". 330 $aUnleashing Manhood in the Cage: Masculinity and Mixed Martial Arts addresses the question ?Why do mixed martial arts participants endure grueling workouts and suffer through injury, with little or no pay, just to compete?? The answer is because the participants enjoy a form of idolization from their supporters, each other, and culture more generally, which is linked to masculinity. In fact, MMA organizers, from the very beginning, purposefully created elements of the sport that are linked to dominant narratives about manhood. In this context, men don thin open-fingered gloves, lock themselves in a caged enclosure, and slug it out in a fight with few rules to see who comes out on top. This all occurs while ?ring girls? in high-heels and skin-tight shirts and shorts stride around outside the cage holding signs and peddling t-shirts. The sum of these elements is the creation of a type of a publicly accessible and consumable form of masculinity. The sport of mixed martial arts is a rich and intriguing space where the construction of gender can be explored through a sociological and ethnographic lens. 606 $aMixed martial arts$xSocial aspects 606 $aMasculinity in sports 615 0$aMixed martial arts$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aMasculinity in sports. 676 $a796.8019 700 $aVaccaro$b Christian$01510435 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797867903321 996 $aUnleashing manhood in the cage$93743103 997 $aUNINA