Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-216) and index.
Table of Contents
More than the making of men, the world(s) of rugby /John Nauright and Timothy J.L. Chandler --Of warriors and blokes : the problem of Maori rugby for Pakeha masculinity in New Zealand /Malcolm MacLean --Rugby, carnival, masculinity and identities in 'coloured' Cape Town /John Nauright --Recognition through resistance : rugby in the USA /Timothy J.L. Chandler --Learning to be a man : French rugby and masculinity /Thierry Terret --Rugby : the game for 'real Italian men' /Gherardo Bonini --High school rugby and the construction of masculinity in Japan /Richard Light --Crossing the line : women playing rugby union /Alison Carle and John Nauright --Global union : globalization and the Rugby World Cup /Brett Hutchins and Murray Phillips --Professionalism, commercialism and the rugby club : the case of Pontypridd RFC /P. David Howe --Recapturing the moment? Global rugby, economics and the politics of nation in post-apartheid South Africa /Douglas Booth -- Rugby world or worlds of rugby? /John Nauright and Timothy J.L. Chandler.