Gender, Work, and Harness Racing
Fast Horses and Strong Women in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Seiten
2014
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-9021-0 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-9021-0 (ISBN)
Elizabeth Anne Larsen explores how harness horse racing has resisted gender equalization and excluded women from key roles. With stirring accounts of the strong women who are surviving and succeeding in this sport, Larsen provides insight for studies of gender and work, occupational sex segregation, and women’s studies.
While gender equality has progressed in many sports since the second wave of the feminist movement in terms of women’s inclusion, participation, and success, harness horse racing has been recalcitrant to change. Gender, Work, and Harness Racing: Fast Horses and Strong Women in Southwestern Pennsylvania investigates the stories of women involved in harness racing to expose how they use the uniqueness of their situation to work for positive change. With stirring accounts of the strong women who are surviving, and sometimes succeeding, in harness horse racing, Elizabeth Anne Larsen’s analysis provides insight for studies of gender and work, occupational sex segregation, and women’s studies.
While gender equality has progressed in many sports since the second wave of the feminist movement in terms of women’s inclusion, participation, and success, harness horse racing has been recalcitrant to change. Gender, Work, and Harness Racing: Fast Horses and Strong Women in Southwestern Pennsylvania investigates the stories of women involved in harness racing to expose how they use the uniqueness of their situation to work for positive change. With stirring accounts of the strong women who are surviving, and sometimes succeeding, in harness horse racing, Elizabeth Anne Larsen’s analysis provides insight for studies of gender and work, occupational sex segregation, and women’s studies.
Elizabeth Anne Larsen is professor of sociology at California University of Pennsylvania.
Prologue: A Gendered Race
Chapter 1. The Harness Racing World
Chapter 2. Risks and Gratifications
Chapter 3. From a Family Harness Racing Business, or Not?
Chapter 4. Disrespect at the Track
Chapter 5. Working with Family
Chapter 6. Juggling Career and Domestic Demands
Chapter 7. Resisting Sexism at Work
Chapter 8. Women on Future Horse Racetracks
Appendix. A United States Timeline of Women’s Experiences in Harness Racing and Other Sports
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.11.2014 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 232 mm |
| Gewicht | 417 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7391-9021-0 / 0739190210 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-9021-0 / 9780739190210 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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