Download or read book Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity written by Timothy J.L. Chandler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text looks at how an understanding of rugby can provide insight into what it has meant to "be a man" in societies influenced by the ideals of Victorian upper and middle classes. It shows that rugby has been a means of promoting male exclusivity, but also been a means of cultural incorporation.