It's all for the kids [electronic resource] : gender, families, and youth sports / Michael A. Messner.
Messner, Michael A.
2009
GV709.2 .M465 2009eb
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Title It's all for the kids [electronic resource] : gender, families, and youth sports / Michael A. Messner.
Author Messner, Michael A.
ISBN 9780520943452 electronic book
0520257081 hard cover alk. paper
0520257103 paperback alk. paper
9780520257085 hard cover alk. paper
9780520257108 paperback alk. paper
Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xix, 260 p.) : ill.
Call Number GV709.2 .M465 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 796.083
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, especially among the adults who run youth sports. His book widens into a provocative exploration of why youth sports matter-how they play a profound role in shaping gender, class, family, and community.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

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