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Youll Be A Man If You Play Rugby Sport & The Construction Ofgender
Paperback Edition: 1/2004
Given that, as a nation, we often define ourselves through sport, it is appropriate to ask what role sport plays in the development of gender amongst our young.
Do our ideas of who we are help us to decide which sports we play or could the
opposite be true, with sport playing an important part in our perception of gender and the way we use our bodies?
This book explores how a group of students interpret themselves through their involvement in sport, and how sport influences their ideas of what ir means to be male and female in New Zealand today. The students reveal how sport contributes to their sense of purpose, achievement and identity.
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Pages : 141
Publisher : Dunmore Press
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Social Sciences, Anthropology/archaeology, Sociology, Gender Studies, Gender Groups