TY - BOOK ID - 118440746 TI - Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling PY - 2023 SN - 3031269756 3031269748 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Men. KW - Queer theory. KW - Sports—Sociological aspects. KW - Sex. KW - Human body—Social aspects. KW - Mens' Studies. KW - Queer Studies. KW - Sport Sociology. KW - Gender Studies. KW - Sociology of the Body. KW - Gender (Sex) KW - Human beings KW - Human sexuality KW - Sex (Gender) KW - Sexual behavior KW - Sexual practices KW - Sexuality KW - Sexology KW - Gender identity KW - Human males KW - Males KW - Effeminacy KW - Masculinity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118440746 AB - 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. . ER -