The Manchester Military Academy Weight Room: A Cult within a Cult

Authors

  • Sean Barret Murphy Virginia Military Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15273/jue.v2i1.8119

Abstract

Through analysis of behavioral patterns such as language and social norms, this
ethnographic study explores the role of masculinity in a unique culture, the weight room, within an exclusive environment: a military school. The findings come from numerous interviews, both formal and informal, hours of observation, and the use of a double-entry journal. This study reveals a masculine, military cultural group‘s attitudes about gender as it relates to exercise. These attitudes significantly relate to broader cultural themes at the military institution and offer a revealing look at how a cult of masculinity undergirds day-to day life there.

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012)

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