Televised sports, masculinist moral capital, and support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-106

  Stempel, Carl ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bush doctrine; Hypermasculinity; Masculinist moral capital; National habitus; Televised masculinist sport militaristic nationalism complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646238054     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723505282472     Document Type: Article

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