|
COPYRIGHT 2004 Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Taking the Field: Men, Women and Sports. Michael Messner. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
The scene is set early, and is so familiar that one cannot help but chuckle at its familiarity. Taking the Field begins with the elaborate yet chaotic opening day ceremony of the youth soccer season in a middle-class American suburb. Hordes of children ages 5 to 17, dressed in pristine uniforms,...
Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.
|