Boyhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 10, Issue 1, Spring 2017
Publication:
Spring 2017
This call for papers seeks manuscripts that address the
contemporary intersection of boys and youth sport to be published in the Spring
2017 issue of Boyhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Evidence-based
papers from a variety of fields are welcome; international and comparative contributions
are especially welcomed.
The special issue is intended to explore contemporary
empirical findings in the study of boys and sport in light of the changing face
of masculinities. One key area is the possible encounter of inclusive
masculinity theory with youth sports, the possible implications of such an
encounter with sporting participation, attitudes and subcultures designed for,
and as engaging by boys worldwide.
Background
In the late nineteenth century, increasing concerns with the
feminisation of men led to sport being utilized as a vehicle for the
conditioning of masculine behaviours among boys in the Anglo-American world.
Sport was a key vehicle in the development of an orthodox archetype of
masculinity, through both the hierarchical structure of sport, and its cultural
norms of homophobia, misogyny, violence and stoicism.
However, the twenty-first century has seen a remarkable
decrease in cultural homophobia and thus an expanding array of gender
possibilities for young men. As such, sport’s role in the staging and
validation of extreme forms of masculinity may be importantly decreasing. It is
in this cultural zeitgeist that this special issue aims to address: to
understand contemporary intersections of boys, young masculinities and youth sport.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
• Boys’ (changing) attitudes towards sport (holistically or individual sports)
• Why boys join or drop out of sport
• The role of sport in post-industrial, televisual, network, and digital societies
• How young masculinities are presented, constructed and/or validated across various sporting sub-cultures
• Attitudes, policies and practices informing sports-related injury and pain in young male athletes
• Gender-segregated and gender-integrated sports
• Current interfaces between sport and sexism
• Sports and the single-sex education debate
• Boys and sports culture: fandom, sports gaming, sports media and the young male demographic
Article Submissions
Submissions should be original works that are not previously
published or currently under consideration for another journal or edited
collection. E-mail submissions and inquiries to the Guest Editor, Adam White:
AJWhite109@gmail.com (please cc boyhoodstudies@gmail.com )
Authors will be required to submit a full draft (5000-7000 words in length) by November 1, 2016.
Authors will be required to submit a full draft (5000-7000 words in length) by November 1, 2016.
All papers will be reviewed
in accordance with the journal’s peer-review policy.
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