Overview

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.

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Author:   Jack Hardwicke
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
ISBN:  

9783031269776

ISBN 10:   3031269772
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   15 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Rolling Out: Introduction.- 2 Theorising Sporting Masculinities.- 3 The Gentlemen’s Club: Cycling and Masculinity in Victorian Britain.- 4 ‘Don’t be soft’: Cycling and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century.- 5 Joining the Peloton: The Cult(ure) of Competitive Road Cycling.- 6 Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity.- 7 Winning at All Costs: The Intersects of Doping, Hypercompetition and Masculinity in Cycling.- 8 Out in the Peloton: Sexual Minorities in Road Cycling.- 9 Women on Wheels: Orthodox Masculinity and the Marginalisation of Women in Competitive Cycling.- 10 Crossing the Finish Line: Conclusions.

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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. 

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