Mother's Taxi
Author | : Shona M. Thompson |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0791440591 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780791440599 |
Rating | : 4/5 (599 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mother's Taxi written by Shona M. Thompson and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother's Taxi is a detailed study of how women facilitate and service the sport played by others, particularly their immediate family members. It illustrates how domestic labor and childcare done by women provides the space for others to participate in sport, contributing directly to individual sporting careers and generally servicing sport as an institution. It offers important considerations for studies of sport, leisure, and gender relations by highlighting an aspect of women's relationships to sport which has been largely ignored.