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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253308403321

Autore

Dunn Carrie

Titolo

Football and the Women's World Cup : Organisation, Media and Fandom / / by Carrie Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-56733-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 95 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sociology

Culture

Sports—Sociological aspects

Culture—Study and teaching

Sports

Gender Studies

Sociology, general

Sociology of Culture

Sociology of Sport and Leisure

Regional and Cultural Studies

Popular Science in Sports

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in both the UK and across the world, and the 2015 Women's World Cup was the biggest tournament the sport had ever seen. This book explores the experience of fans of women's football who followed their teams in Canada, examining their practices and fan behaviour. How did host cities manage the influx of visitors? And how did fans manage to support their teams, considering the vast amounts of travel expected across such a big country? Dunn also examines the way that the England team is structured and run, relating this to the country's domestic competition, as well as assessing the media coverage of



women's football globally. This research is all framed within the author's own experiences of the Women's World Cup, as both an academic and as a sports journalist.