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A01=Michael Messner
american culture
american sports
Author_Michael A. Messner
Author_Michael Messner
baseball
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class distinction
cultural studies
demographic studies
diversity
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family
first person interviews
gender
gender and childhood
gender boundaries
gender difference
gender dynamics
gender equality
gender hierarchies
gender norms
gender studies
little leagues
parent organized youth sports
parents
parents and children
racial inequality
soccer
sociology
softball
sport sociology
sports
team sports
youth sports
Product details
- ISBN 9780520257108
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 18 Mar 2009
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Michael A. Messner is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California and the author of several books including Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports.
