The Body Language: The Meaning of Modern Sport

Bromley, Roger

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“…The importance of sport as a leading definer in the formation of masculinities has been recognised by a number of writers (see, for example, Corrigan, 1979;Kessler et al, 1985;Messner & Sabo, 1990;Whitson, 1990;Mac an Ghaill, 1994;Connell, 1995Connell, , 1996Connell, , 2000Hayward & Mac an Ghaill, 1996;Parker, 1996aParker, , 1996bBromley, 1997;Fitzclarence & Hickey, 1998;Gilbert & Gilbert, 1998;Lingard & Douglas, 1999;Martino, 1999). Sport not only provided a way of measuring a boy's masculine accomplishment against each other, but also against the wider world of men.…”

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How Young Schoolboys Become Somebody: The role of the body in the construction of masculinity

Swain

2003

British Journal of Sociology of Education

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This paper explores the key role of the body in the construction of identity in school boys aged 10-11. The findings are based on data gathered from a 1-year empirical study set in three UK junior schools. I argue that the body is used by the boys as a means of classification, inclusion and differentiation, and is the principal resource to establish status and position within the pupil peer group. The most prevalent and esteemed resource is physicality and athleticism (found particularly in sports and informal playground games), but I also examine how the body is used in tough and intimidating ways, and show how boys construct identities by using their bodies as a social symbol to display items of sports-related and brand-inscribed clothing. Finally, I consider how the body forms a major component in the construction of dominant and subordinated forms of masculinity.

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How Young Schoolboys Become Somebody: The role of the body in the construction of masculinity

Swain

2003

British Journal of Sociology of Education

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“…female bullfighters (Pink, 1996), masculinity and boxing (Jefferson, 1998), climbing (Lewis, 2000) and walking (Edensor, 2000), extreme sports (Le Bretton, 2000), the display of sporting bodies (Probyn, 2000), a potential aesthetics of the sporting body (Bromley, 1997), and aspects of bodily culture in India (Alter, 2000) and Japan (Horne, 2000). The work on boxing by Lois Wacquant (1995Wacquant ( , 2001, protégé and then collaborator of the late Pierre Bourdieu also featured prominently.…”

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“…This was a most welcome recognition of the importance of sport in broader popular cultural and ideological contexts and for the recognition of sport as a major means whereby the body is produced, displayed, and evaluated in contemporary societies. The journal has published work on aerobics (Lloyd, 1996), women's bodybuilding (St. Martin & Gavey, 1996), women's boxing (Hargreaves, 1997), female bullfighters (Pink, 1996), masculinity and boxing (Jefferson, 1998), climbing (Lewis, 2000) and walking (Edensor, 2000), extreme sports (Le Bretton, 2000), the display of sporting bodies (Probyn, 2000), a potential aesthetics of the sporting body (Bromley, 1997), and aspects of bodily culture in India (Alter, 2000) and Japan (Horne, 2000). The work on boxing by Lois Wacquant (1995Wacquant ( , 2001, protégé and then collaborator of the late Pierre Bourdieu also featured prominently.…”

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Speculations on the Body and Sporting Spaces

Tomlinson

2003

American Behavioral Scientist

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Sociological work on sport and the body has escalated in recent years as the theme of the body has become more established on the social scientific research agenda. This article reviews some of that work and also notes that historical work on the sporting body remains relatively undeveloped. The core of the article is dedicated to the examination of sporting bodies in 19th-century England in popular events and pastimes such as pedestrianism and long-distance swimming. This is based on the John Johnson collection of ephemera at the University Of Oxford's Bodleain Library. The range of bodies on display at the 2000 Sydney Olympics is discussed in a concluding commentary. This is based on personal observational work at Sydney. The article proposes that any adequate understanding of the place of the body must be informed by adequate documentary and observational sources.

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The Body Language: The Meaning of Modern Sport

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