Ric Sena's NYC Alegria. Photo: Bill Haberkam, Just Circuit

This is my PhD dissertation that I completed at The Ohio State University in 2007. The Fierce Tribe was published as a book in 2008 by Utah State University Press. Both versions are available online, open access and free of charge.

To download the dissertation, The Fierce Tribe: Body Fascists, Crack Whores, and Circuit Queens in the Spiritual Performance of Masculine Non-Violence, click here.
For the book, The Fierce Tribe: Masculinity and Performance in the Circuit, click here.