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Women, Horseracing and Gender - Becoming 'One of the Lads' (Hardcover)
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Women, Horseracing and Gender - Becoming 'One of the Lads' (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
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How do the class and gender inequalities found in horseracing
affect the working practices of women within the industry? Drawing
on the work of Bourdieu and his concepts of field, capital and
habitus, this book shows the inequalities that are prevalent within
the world of racing, both historically and currently, by
illustrating the classed and gendered nature of racing and how it
has developed since the eighteenth century when it was the sport of
the aristocracy. Using research obtained through her year-long
ethnographic study of a racing yard, Deborah Butler demonstrates
that the racing field is an arena of power conflicts, and that men
and women who work in racing acquire a contradictorily gendered
racing habitus. This is achieved by learning certain elements in a
formal setting but mainly informally, by 'doing', developing
practical skills and participating in a (gendered) community of
practice. For female stable staff this means adapting their
behaviour and working practices in order to be accepted as 'one of
the lads'. This book will appeal to both scholars and students of
the sociology of sport, the sociology of work and gender studies.
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