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1 online resource (xix, 260 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index. |
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"It's all for the kids": gender, families, and youth sports -- "Looking for a team mom": separating the men from the moms -- "We don't like chick coaches": women at the helm -- "You don't have to be a drill sergeant": men at the helm -- "They're different -- and they're born different": engendering the kids -- "It's a safe and fun place for kids": sports, families, and the good community -- Appendix 1. Demographic description of interview subjects -- Appendix 2. Racial/ethnic composition of South Pasadena LLB/S and AYSO coaches and of the city of South Pasadena -- Appendix 3. Proportion of AYSO and LLB/S women head coaches in communities surrounding South Pasadena -- Appendix 4. In the field -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
Today, in a world quite different from the one that existed just thirty years ago, both girls and boys play soccer, baseball, softball, and other youth sports. Yet has the dramatic surge in participation by girls contributed to greater gender equality? In this engaging study, leading sociologist Michael A. Messner probes the richly complex gender dynamics of youth sports. Weaving together vivid first-person interviews with his own experiences as a volunteer for his sons' teams, Messner finds that despite the movement of girls into sports, gender boundaries and hierarchies still dominate, espec. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports for children.
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Sports for children. |
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Sports for children -- Coaching.
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Sports for children -- Coaching. |
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Sports for children -- Psychological aspects.
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Sports for children -- Psychological aspects. |
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Sports -- Sex differences.
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Sports -- Sex differences. |
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Sports. |
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Parent and child.
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Parent and child. |
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies. |
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Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
It is all for the kids |
| Other Form: |
Print version: It's all for the kids Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009. 9780520257085 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2008036052 |
| ISBN |
9780520943452 ebook |
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0520943457 |
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9780520257085 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520257108 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520257103 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781282360921 (MyiLibrary) |
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0520257081 cloth alkaline paper |
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1282360922 |
| Standard No. |
2967600 |
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