Fight Sports and American Masculinity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fight Sports and American Masculinity write by Christopher David Thrasher. This book was released on 2015-07-02. Fight Sports and American Masculinity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout America's past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American culture and ideals of manhood, and presents a narrative of American history as seen from the bars, gyms, stadiums and living rooms of the heartland. Ordinary Americans were the agents who supported and participated in fight sports and determined its vision of masculinity. This work counters the economic determinism prevalent in studies of American fight sports, which overemphasize profit as the driving force in the popularization of these sports. The author also disputes previous scholarship's domestic focus, with an appreciation of how American fight sports are connected to the rest of the world.
Fight Sports and American Masculinity
Fight Sports and American Masculinity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fight Sports and American Masculinity write by Christopher David Thrasher. This book was released on 2015-06-14. Fight Sports and American Masculinity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout America's past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American culture and ideals of manhood, and presents a narrative of American history as seen from the bars, gyms, stadiums and living rooms of the heartland. Ordinary Americans were the agents who supported and participated in fight sports and determined its vision of masculinity. This work counters the economic determinism prevalent in studies of American fight sports, which overemphasize profit as the driving force in the popularization of these sports. The author also disputes previous scholarship's domestic focus, with an appreciation of how American fight sports are connected to the rest of the world.
Fight Sports and the Church
Fight Sports and the Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fight Sports and the Church write by Richard Wolff. This book was released on 2021-02-09. Fight Sports and the Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fighting sports may seem at odds with Christian tradition, yet modern ministries have embraced them as a means for evangelism and social outreach. While news media often sensationalize fighting sports, churches see them as a way to appeal to male congregants, presenting a peace-loving yet tough model of discipleship. From martial arts programs at suburban churches to urban boxing ministries geared towards at-risk youth, this book examines the substantial history of church sponsored training in combat sports, and presents arguments by Christian ethicists about their compatibility with church teachings and settings. Interviews with boxing and martial arts ministry leaders describe their programs and the relationship between fight sports and faith.
Remaking Manhood
Remaking Manhood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Remaking Manhood write by Mark C. Greene. This book was released on 2016-04-19. Remaking Manhood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Remaking Manhood is a collection of Good Men Project Executive Editor Mark Greene's most popular articles on American culture, relationships, family and fatherhood. It is a timely and balanced look at the life affirming changes emerging from within the modern men's movement."This is writing that unites men rather than dividing or exploiting them. It speaks to the very best part of men and asks them to bring that part to the fore-as fathers, as sons, as brothers, as husbands, as friends, as lovers, and as citizens of life." -Michael Rowe, author of Other Men's Sons"Read this book, but don't mistake it as a defense of men. Remaking Manhood is going to be considered a go-to piece of literature on the new "Male Revolution."" -Jason Grant, CityDadsGroup.com"Mark interweaves his own deeply personal stories with a salient and powerful deconstruction of manhood in America."-Lisa Hickey, CEO, Good Men Project
On Boxing
On Boxing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Boxing write by Joyce Carol Oates. This book was released on 2009-10-13. On Boxing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.
