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1. Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality

   Edited by Jennifer Hargreaves, Eric Anderson

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   All sports focus on the physical body, with images of speed and power, agility, skillfulness and achievement. Throughout the history of sports, gender divisions and stereotypes have been intrinsic to their structure and culture, while sexuality has been inseparable from the gendered character of...

   To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities

   Edited by Eric Anderson

   Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities examines the impact of decreasing cultural homophobia on both gay and straight male athletes. It suggests that the study of sport, masculinities and sexualities emerged during a time of extreme homophobia— the 1980. Cultural homophobia declined, however,...

   Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Inclusive Masculinity

   The Changing Nature of Masculinities

   By Eric Anderson

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   Drawing on qualitative studies of teamsport athletes and fraternity members, this book describes the rapidly changing world of masculinities among men in both the United States and Great Britain. As cultural homophobia decreases, university-aged men are influenced to construct a softer version of...

   Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
4. Sport, Theory and Social Problems

   A Critical Introduction

   By Eric Anderson

   What impact does sport have on the lives of ordinary people? How does sport help to perpetuate inequalities in society? What can social theory tell us about the role of sport in society? At their origin competitive sports were institutionalized in Western cultures for the privilege of white,...

   Published June 16th 2010 by Routledge