{"title":"Ian Wellard","description":"\u003cp\u003eIan Wellard's works explore the intersections of sport, gender, and physicality with a critical and educational lens. His writing delves into how masculinities are constructed and expressed through the body in sporting contexts, offering insightful perspectives for readers interested in social science and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on the educational implications of sport and identity, Wellard's books engage with contemporary debates and encourage reflection on the social dynamics shaping our understanding of gender and the body. These texts are essential reading for those fascinated by the complex relationships between sport, society, and education.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sport-masculinities-and-the-body-by-ian-wellard-9780415994088","title":"Sport, Masculinities and the Body","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking work explores masculinity and the body within sports. Sports continue to retain expectations for presentations of specific forms of masculinity. The body is central to these presentations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese everyday bodily performances are rehearsed and performed either successfully or unsuccessfully, and the consequences of these actions play a significant part in the ability of the individual to continue to take part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough participant observations, sporting life-history interviews (with over forty men) and research with children, \u003cem\u003eSport, Masculinities and the Body\u003c\/em\u003e examines the ways in which 'appropriate' sporting masculinities are learned and enacted to varying degrees of success. Wellard highlights the social processes which impact upon individual constructions and formulations of masculine identity and reviews these in relation to broader debates on gender, embodiment and sporting participation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contributes not only to the academic fields of sport and gender, but also to the efforts to confront continued forms of 'accepted' gender discrimination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607806787820,"sku":"9780415994088","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415994088-sport-masculinities-and-the-body.jpg?v=1778174024"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ian-wellard.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}