ISBN:
9780203101384
,
9780415883818
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 200 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Sport and Its Female Fans
DDC:
306.4/83
Keywords:
SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
;
SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Why do women follow sports? How do they participate from the sidelines and what is the significance of this contribution? What can female fandom tell us about gender relations in sport? This book explores these and related questions by bringing together the varied strands of research being conducted internationally across the social sciences and humanities on this emerging and topical field.While sports spectatorship is a popular and well-respected site of analysis, no book-length, scholarly contribution documents women's experiences of sports fandom. For this reason, there is an obvious need
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Sport and Its Female Fans; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Stoic Observers or Fanatic Fans? Women Ice Hockey Spectators in 1930s North America; 2 The Ladies Stand; 3 'Forever Ultras': Female Football Support in Italy; 4 Women Fans of the Rodeo: Circuit Friends, Helpmates and Buckle Bunnies; 5 The Meaning of Sport in the Lives of 'Hot' and 'Cool' Female Fans of Football and Rugby Union; 6 "Oh Yes, He Is Hot": Female Football Fans and the Sexual Objectification of Sportsmen's Bodies
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Fantasy, Fun and Identity Construction Among Female Fans of Rugby Union8 Reading the Commodified Female Sports Fan: Interrogating Strategic Dirt and Characterization in Commercial Narratives; 9 How Do Women Talk Sports? Women Sports Fans in a Blog Community; 10 Empowerment Through Sport? Female Fans, Women's Sport, and the Construction of Gendered Fandom; Contributors; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Sport and Its Female Fans; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Stoic Observers or Fanatic Fans? Women Ice Hockey Spectators in 1930s North America; 2 The Ladies Stand; 3 'Forever Ultras': Female Football Support in Italy; 4 Women Fans of the Rodeo: Circuit Friends, Helpmates and Buckle Bunnies; 5 The Meaning of Sport in the Lives of 'Hot' and 'Cool' Female Fans of Football and Rugby Union; 6 "Oh Yes, He Is Hot": Female Football Fans and the Sexual Objectification of Sportsmen's Bodies; 7 Fantasy, Fun and Identity Construction Among Female Fans of Rugby Union8 Reading the Commodified Female Sports Fan: Interrogating Strategic Dirt and Characterization in Commercial Narratives; 9 How Do Women Talk Sports? Women Sports Fans in a Blog Community; 10 Empowerment Through Sport? Female Fans, Women's Sport, and the Construction of Gendered Fandom; Contributors; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
