Making European Masculinities

The relationship between sport and the development of male identity from the 19th to the 20th century is discussed in this collection of studies on the making of modern masculinity.

Mangan, J. A.

Prologue: Symbols of security? J A Mangan; the Ephebia in the ancient Hellenic world and its role in making masculinity, Evangelos Albanidis; anthromorphic symbols of agression and mythical male heroes: fighting bulls in Southern European culture, Frederic Sauvade and Jean Michel Deleplace; asserting male values: 19th century fetes, games and masculinity - a French case study, Remi Dalisson; the other side of the coin: Victorian and Edwardian field sports, elite English education and middle-class masculinity, J A Mangan and Callum McKenzie; the masculine road through modernity: Ling gymnastics and male socialization in 19th century Sweden, Jens Ljunggren; athleticiam in the service of the proletariat: preperation for the elementary school and the extension of middle-class masculinity, J A Mangan and Colm Hickey; male rites of passage: Ollerup Danish gymnastic between the wars, Hans Bonde; pre-totalitarian, totalitarian and post-totalitarian masculinity: the projection of the male image in sports policy in Bulgaria, Vassil Girginov.