Unleashing Manhood in the Cage: Masculinity and Mixed Martial Arts

by Melissa L. Swauger (Author), Christian A. Vaccaro (Author)

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  Paperback
  2017

  $45.70

  This book uses a sociological and ethnographic lens to explore why MMA participants endure grueling workouts and serious injury. The authors argue that the idolization of MMA participants from their supporters, each other, and culture more generally is linked to the creation of a type of publicly accessible and consumable form of masculinity.