Contributor
Adelman, Miriam.
Imprint:Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Descriptionviii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction-women, men, and horses: looking at the equestrian world through a "gender lens" / Miriam Adelman and Jorge Knijnik -- From glamour to drudgery --changing gender patterns in the equine sector: a comparative study of Sweden and Great Britain in the twentieth century / Susanna Hedenborg and Manon Hedenbog White -- Beyond the binary: gender integration in British equestrian sport / Katherine L. Dashper -- Becoming 'one of the lads': women, horseracing and gender in the United Kingdom / Deborah Butler -- Tradition and transgression: women who ride in the rodeo in Southern Brazil / Miriam Adelman and Gabriela Becker -- Romancing the horse: adventure and femininity in juvenile equine fiction for girls / Ellen Singleton -- Women in equestrian polo: cultural capital and sport trajectories / Michelle Gilbert and James Gillet -- Cojonoes and rejones: multiple ways of experiencing, expressing and interpreting gender in Spanish mounted bullfight (rejoneo) / Kirrilly Thompson -- "We have to make horse riding more masculine!" On the difference between masculine needs and feminine practices in the context of Swedish equestrian sports / Birgitta Plymoth -- Horse power: gender, work, and wealth in Canadian show jumping / Kendra Coulter -- The black, the white, and the green: fluid masculinities in Brazilian dressage / Jorge Knijnik -- Epilogue: a research agenda for putting gender through its paces / Kirrilly Thompson and Miriam Adelman.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographic references and index.
