Wrestling with manhood : boys, bullying and battering /

While this critically-acclaimed film considers the persistent appeal of professional wrestling, its larger concern is how American popular culture idealizes pathological forms of masculinity that encourage sexism, homophobia, gender violence, and bullying. The film looks beyond the spectacle of prof...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Jhally, Sut (Screenwriter, onscreen participant,), Katz, Jackson (onscreen participant.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Northampton, Massachusetts] : Media Education Foundation, 2002.
Subjects:	Wrestling > Social aspects > United States. Masculinity in sports > United States. Youth and violence > United States. Bullying > United States. Aggressiveness in adolescence > United States. Machismo > United States. Homophobia > United States. Dating violence > Social aspects > United States. Sexism > United States. Documentary films. Educational films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Internet videos. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

Published 2003

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