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Timothy J.L. Chandler & John Nauright
Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity [PDF ebook]

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This text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to ‘be a man’ in societies influenced by the ideals of Victorian upper and middle classes. It shows that rugby has been a means of promoting male exclusivity, but also been a means of cultural incorporation.

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Format PDF ● Pages 272 ● ISBN 9781136303647 ● Editor Timothy J.L. Chandler & John Nauright ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4900972 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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