Outsiders in the Clubhouse

The World of Women's Professional Golf

Todd W. Crosset (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1995
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-2490-2 (ISBN)

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A sociological examination of life within the subworld of women's professional golf that explores the interpersonal relations between athletes, fans, and sponsors on the LPGA tour and looks at tensions between gender, class, and prowess within the social world of golf.

Outsiders in the Clubhouse captures the experience of living on the women's professional golf tour. Based on interviews, field work, and archival data, it reveals a double edge to women's status as outsiders within the world of golf. On the tour, gender is less relevant than in the everyday lives of most women. LPGA members do not compete directly with men, they are not held back by glass ceilings, and their raises are based on merit. But at the same time the tour operates within a sexist world. Despite all their skill, women golfers remain outsiders within the hypermasculine world of golf.

This book explores the players' lives as they attempt to balance the often conflicting demands of their sport and the conventional social expectations of womanhood. The analysis builds from the players' negotiation of interactions with fans and press and between each other to a broader analysis of the political symbolism and agency of women athletes within contemporary society.

Todd W. Crosset is Assistant Professor of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He was an All-American swimmer at the University of Texas and a North Atlantic Conference Swim Coach of the Year before becoming a sociologist.

Introduction

Part I. The Social and Historical Context of the LPGA

1. Out Here

2. Outsiders Inside the Tournament

3. Radicals among the Power Elite

4. Getting In and Staying Out

Part II. Inside the Subworld

5. Doing Gender and the Prowess Ethic

6. The Prowess Ethic and the Parent Culture

7. The Image Makers

8. Interpresonal Relations on the Tour

9. Fans, Status, an the Gift of Golf

Part III. The Ideological Struggle Over Women's Golf

10. The Corporate Image

11. Prowess and Transformation

12. Feminism and the Tour

Part IV. The LPGA as an Agent of Social Change

13. Class, Race, and the Increasing Exclusivity of the Tour

14. Gender Equality and the LPGA

Appendices

A. Player Profiles
B. The Methods
C. Intergenerational Class and Occupational Mobility Chart

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.6.1995
Reihe/Serie	SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations
Zusatzinfo	Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	381 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Golf
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7914-2490-1 / 0791424901
ISBN-13	978-0-7914-2490-2 / 9780791424902
Zustand	Neuware