Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity

by John Nauright (Editor), Timothy J.L. Chandler (Editor)

This text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to "be a man" in societies influenced by the ideals of Victorian upper and middle classes. It shows that rugby has been a means of promoting male exclusivity, but also been a means of cultural incorporation.

Hardcover

First published June 29, 1996