Thomas P. Oates is an assistant professor in the Department of American Studies and School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is a coeditor of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives.

• Half-titleSeriesTitleCopyrightDedicationContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Football, Manliness, and PopulismPregame: Man in Motion: The Shifting Meanings of Masculinity, Race, and Football1. "This Game Has Got to be About More than Winning" : Football Melodramas and the Defense of the Hom2. "We Ought to See What We're Buying" : The NFL Draft and Regimes of Visibility3. Male Order: Masculine Authority, Professional Football, and Enterprising Culture4. Man Management: Football Gaming and the "Financialization of Daily Life"Postgame: The End of Football?NotesIndex

"What does the NFL have to do with the rise of Donald Trump? Thomas Oates' expansive and readable book provides a riveting and often surprising answer to this question. This vital account of the racist and masculinist populism that is enabled--and occasionally constrained--through the culture of professional football is a must read for scholars and fans alike."--Samantha King, author of Pink Ribbons, Inc: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy"Oates offers clear arguments regarding ideologies of masculinity, race, gender, and sexuality; all chapters work with and build on each other leading to a coherent, all-encompassing argument. . . . Recommended."--Choice  "Engaging, thoughtful, and timely, Football and Manliness moves the conversation beyond the gridiron to spotlight the ways that football shapes our collective understanding of masculinity and its implications within the broader social and economic arenas."--David J. Leonard, author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness"Oates compellingly demonstrates the worthiness of the NFL as an urgent and productive site of scholarly inquiry within cultural studies."--Lateral  "Readers interested in feminist scholarship, sociology of sport, twenty-first-century masculinity, the black athlete, and popular culture will find this theoretical framework and authoritative analysis valuable."--Journal of Sport History

Thomas P. Oates is an assistant professor in the Department of American Studies and School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is a coeditor of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives.

• Half-titleSeriesTitleCopyrightDedicationContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Football, Manliness, and PopulismPregame: Man in Motion: The Shifting Meanings of Masculinity, Race, and Football1. "This Game Has Got to be About More than Winning" : Football Melodramas and the Defense of the Hom2. "We Ought to See What We're Buying" : The NFL Draft and Regimes of Visibility3. Male Order: Masculine Authority, Professional Football, and Enterprising Culture4. Man Management: Football Gaming and the "Financialization of Daily Life"Postgame: The End of Football?NotesIndex

"What does the NFL have to do with the rise of Donald Trump? Thomas Oates' expansive and readable book provides a riveting and often surprising answer to this question. This vital account of the racist and masculinist populism that is enabled--and occasionally constrained--through the culture of professional football is a must read for scholars and fans alike."--Samantha King, author of Pink Ribbons, Inc: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy"Oates offers clear arguments regarding ideologies of masculinity, race, gender, and sexuality; all chapters work with and build on each other leading to a coherent, all-encompassing argument. . . . Recommended."--Choice  "Engaging, thoughtful, and timely, Football and Manliness moves the conversation beyond the gridiron to spotlight the ways that football shapes our collective understanding of masculinity and its implications within the broader social and economic arenas."--David J. Leonard, author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness"Oates compellingly demonstrates the worthiness of the NFL as an urgent and productive site of scholarly inquiry within cultural studies."--Lateral  "Readers interested in feminist scholarship, sociology of sport, twenty-first-century masculinity, the black athlete, and popular culture will find this theoretical framework and authoritative analysis valuable."--Journal of Sport History

Thomas P. Oates is an assistant professor in the Department of American Studies and School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is a coeditor of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives.

• Half-titleSeriesTitleCopyrightDedicationContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Football, Manliness, and PopulismPregame: Man in Motion: The Shifting Meanings of Masculinity, Race, and Football1. "This Game Has Got to be About More than Winning" : Football Melodramas and the Defense of the Hom2. "We Ought to See What We're Buying" : The NFL Draft and Regimes of Visibility3. Male Order: Masculine Authority, Professional Football, and Enterprising Culture4. Man Management: Football Gaming and the "Financialization of Daily Life"Postgame: The End of Football?NotesIndex

"What does the NFL have to do with the rise of Donald Trump? Thomas Oates' expansive and readable book provides a riveting and often surprising answer to this question. This vital account of the racist and masculinist populism that is enabled--and occasionally constrained--through the culture of professional football is a must read for scholars and fans alike."--Samantha King, author of Pink Ribbons, Inc: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy"Oates offers clear arguments regarding ideologies of masculinity, race, gender, and sexuality; all chapters work with and build on each other leading to a coherent, all-encompassing argument. . . . Recommended."--Choice  "Engaging, thoughtful, and timely, Football and Manliness moves the conversation beyond the gridiron to spotlight the ways that football shapes our collective understanding of masculinity and its implications within the broader social and economic arenas."--David J. Leonard, author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness"Oates compellingly demonstrates the worthiness of the NFL as an urgent and productive site of scholarly inquiry within cultural studies."--Lateral  "Readers interested in feminist scholarship, sociology of sport, twenty-first-century masculinity, the black athlete, and popular culture will find this theoretical framework and authoritative analysis valuable."--Journal of Sport History