Women, Horseracing and Gender: Becoming 'One of the Lads'

by Deborah Butler

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367208091
• ISBN13: 9780367208097
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"