Wrestler Masculinity in Dagestan as a Local Hegemony

The article presents an analysis of the reproduction of hegemonic masculinity in the local context on the example of masculinity of freestyle wrestlers in the Republic of Dagestan. Based on the materials of semi-structured in-depth biographical interviews with current and former wrestlers, as well as with young Dagestan men who are not involved in wrestling practices, it is concluded that the male subjectivity cultivated in this sport is reproduced as hegemonic in the context of the entire Dagestan society. This occurs due to the following institutional and cultural instruments: the massification of freestyle wrestling, its importance as a talent factory for politics, the alliance of wrestling communities with religious elites, the function of freestyle wrestling as an institution to maintain power and control of the elders over the juniors in the conditions of decay of traditional society.

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hegemonic masculinity, Dagestan, freestyle wrestling, mass sports, power of elders

Acknowledgment

This article is a translation of: Поляков С.И. Борцовская маскулинность в Дагестане как локальная гегемония // Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia. 2021. No 10: 116–124. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250015531-7. The original research was completed under the sponsorship of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research as part of the scientific project No. 1931190056.

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22.12.2021

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GOST	Poliakov S. Wrestler Masculinity in Dagestan as a Local Hegemony // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2021. – Issue 11 C. 212-218 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250017618-2-1-en (circulation date: 07.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250017618-2
MLA	Poliakov, Sviatoslav I "Wrestler Masculinity in Dagestan as a Local Hegemony." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 11 (2021):212-218. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250017618-2
APA	Poliakov S. (2021). Wrestler Masculinity in Dagestan as a Local Hegemony. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (11), pp.212-218 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250017618-2

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