Mother's taxi sport and women's labor /
"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 indi...
| Main Author: | Thompson, Shona M., 1951- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[1999]
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series: |
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Being the Mother of a Sports Player
- Being the Wife of a Sports Player
- Being a Sports Player
- Rewards and Rationales
- Gendered Institutions Service Gendered Institutions
- Background to Tennis Culture in Western Australia
- ASCNSRC Survey of Parental Support.