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Unleashing Manhood in the Cage - Masculinity and Mixed Martial Arts (Hardcover)
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Unleashing Manhood in the Cage - Masculinity and Mixed Martial Arts (Hardcover)
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Unleashing Manhood in the Cage: Masculinity and Mixed Martial Arts
addresses the question "Why do mixed martial arts participants
endure grueling workouts and suffer through injury, with little or
no pay, just to compete?" The answer is because the participants
enjoy a form of idolization from their supporters, each other, and
culture more generally, which is linked to masculinity. In fact,
MMA organizers, from the very beginning, purposefully created
elements of the sport that are linked to dominant narratives about
manhood. In this context, men don thin open-fingered gloves, lock
themselves in a caged enclosure, and slug it out in a fight with
few rules to see who comes out on top. This all occurs while "ring
girls" in high-heels and skin-tight shirts and shorts stride around
outside the cage holding signs and peddling t-shirts. The sum of
these elements is the creation of a type of a publicly accessible
and consumable form of masculinity. The sport of mixed martial arts
is a rich and intriguing space where the construction of gender can
be explored through a sociological and ethnographic lens.
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