masculinities.org

A photo of artwork by Peter Redvoort:

The upcoming EURO 2008TM Soccer Championship is a good opportunity to take a look at publications dealing with gender and sports.

“Arena der Maennlichkeit” (Arena of Masculinity) is a book focusing on masculinity and soccer:

… was the title of an international conference held in Germany in 2007, with speeches focusing on different countries worldwide.

The conference website:

>> www.masculinities.de

A wonderful overview about recent (2006) Gender Research Projects in Europe (incl. guest speakers from other contintents) can be found at www.gender2006.pl

All of the Abstracts (over 100 pages in Word format) – many of them focusing on the masculinity studies can be found here:

>> http://www.gender2006.pl/abstrakty/ws%20calosc.doc

Read them also here (PDF, 800kb): gender reseach conference 2006

(and still read in all German speaking countries – Austria, Switzerland)

BOOK:

Wilhelm BUSCH, (originally written in 1865) Max und Moritz. Ein Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen (Bilderbücher)