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Title
Boys' Bodies : Sport, Health and Physical Activity / Murray Drummond.
ISBN
9781137596543 (electronic book)
1137596546 (electronic book)
9781137596536
1137596538
Publication Details
London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (207 pages)
Item Number
10.1057/978-1-137-59
Call Number
BF697.5.B63
Dewey Decimal Classification
155.3/32
Summary
This is a book about boys bodies, masculinities, and the ways in which boys navigate their lives from early childhood through to the beginning of adolescence. Drummond focuses on sport, health and physical activity, and adds context to the history of male bodies, the social construction of masculinity and the role of sport as a potential rite of passage for young males. Using rich descriptive interview data with 33 boys from the ages of 5 to 13, collected over an 8- year period, Boys Bodies identifies important issues including the significance of muscularity and strength as signifiers of masculinity and the need for boys to be involved in "blood sports" as well as "beat girls" in sporting competitions. The meaning of health and the perception of boys changing bodies over time are central to the discussion. The book will appeal to researchers, teachers, practitioners, policy makers and parents.
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1. Introduction: Personal reflections
2. Surveying the Landscape of Male Body Image
3. Male Body Image across the Lifespan
4. The Stories of Boys Bodies, Sport, Health and Physical Activity
5. Boys, Sport and Physical Activity
6. Muscles, Strength and Power
7. Boys Bodies in Early Childhood
8. Boys Bodies in the Middle Years
9. The Pre-pubescent Years
10. Boys and Young Males Bodies in the Age of Social Media
11. Boys Bodies.
