The Rites of Men: Manhood, Politics, and the Culture of Sport
The Rites of Men: Manhood, Politics, and the Culture of Sport
Editorial Reviews
The Independent, 20 November 1999
On the "Books of the Year" list of The Independent, 20 November 1999: "The Rites of Men by Varda Burstyn: a devastating feminist critique of contemporary sport."
(The Toronto Star,August 28, 1999)
Varda Burstyn argues in the strongest possible academic language that too many men (as well as plenty of women), too often are sucked into the vortex of what she terms the 'sport nexus,' a sort of black hole of testosterone and boob-tube-induced stupor. (The Toronto Star, August 28, 1999)
A feminist and leftist, Burstyn views modern sport as a bedrock foundation of capitalism and the gender war. Change it, as she desires, and you'd change society. Yes, she may well be a revolutionary.
The Rites of Men challenges the status quo at every turn. It may outrage some readers, but open others' eyes. The writing is filled with copious anecdotes and references, carefully catalogued.
The book will quickly, we predict, wind up in libraries and on university reading lists.
The Rites of Men: Manhood, Politics, and the Culture of Sport
The Rites of Men: Manhood, Politics, and the Culture of Sport,Varda Burstyn,University of Toronto Press,0802077250,General,Masculinity,Men's Studies - General,Men's Studies - Masculinity,Popular Culture - General,Social Science,Social aspects,Sociology,Sports,Political science
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