Tackling Mäori Masculinity: A Colonial Genealogy of Savagery and Sport

Giving masculinity a history: some contributions from the historiography of colonial India.

Travelogues and Colonialism in Malaya and the Philippines Imperialism And`medieval' Natives: the Malay Image in Anglo-american

class familiarity in imperial discourse can be combined to understand the nuances of colonial representations. Revisiting the Malay image, I argue that the medievalist convention of portraying the native as situated in intermediate evolution between savagery and Western civilization was crucial for imperialism. The Malay image shifted from the representation of orientals exhibiting incommensura...

‘‘I Used to Think Women Were Weak’’: Orthodox Masculinity, Gender Segregation, and Sport

This article explores the cultural and structural forces that help influence the reproduction of sexist, misogynistic, and antifeminine attitudes among men in team sports. It first shows how the segregation of men into a homosocial environment limits their social contact with women and fosters an oppositional masculinity that influences the reproduction of orthodox views regarding women. Howeve...

"It is what it is": masculinity, homosexuality, and inclusive discourse in mixed martial arts.

In this article we make use of inclusive masculinity theory to explore online media representations of male homosexuality and masculinity within the increasingly popular combat sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). Adopting a case-study approach, we discuss narratives constructed around one aspirational male MMA fighter, Dakota Cochrane, whose history of having participated in gay pornography beca...

Able bodies and sport participation: social constructions of physical ability for gendered and sexually identified bodies

Although there is much debate about the positive effects of active sporting pursuits for the young, in reality many young people are still excluded or deterred from taking part as much as they would like. There are still particular bodily performances which are considered more suitable for taking part in mainstream sport, and invariably one of the determining factors relates to gendered perform...