04165nam 2200745 a 450 991080696340332120240313061938.01-136-23483-71-283-70952-X0-203-10138-31-136-23484-5(CKB)2670000000269470(EBL)1047129(OCoLC)818114679(SSID)ssj0000758628(PQKBManifestationID)11396644(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758628(PQKBWorkID)10773914(PQKB)10436631(MiAaPQ)EBC1047129(Au-PeEL)EBL1047129(CaPaEBR)ebr10618966(CaONFJC)MIL402202(OCoLC)1204299113(FINmELB)ELB137649(EXLCZ)99267000000026947020120302d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSport and its female fans /edited by Kim Toffoletti and Peter Mewett1st ed.New York Routledge2012New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (216 p.)Routledge research in sport, culture and society ;17Routledge research in sport, culture and society ;17Description based upon print version of record.0-415-88381-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Bodies7 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"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 womens experiences of sports fandom. For this reason, there is an obvious need for a book that offers researchers, students and non-professional readers an authoritative introduction to womens modes of sport support. Sport and Its Female Fans will be a landmark contribution in the field of sport research and in studies of sports fandom, making an original contribution to the growing, yet under-researched, area of female sports spectators"--Provided by publisher.Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and SocietySports spectatorsWomenSocial life and customsSportsSociological aspectsGender identitySports spectators.WomenSocial life and customs.SportsSociological aspects.Gender identity.306.4/83SPO000000SPO066000SOC028000bisacshToffoletti Kim1615627Mewett Peter1615628MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806963403321Sport and its female fans3945916UNINA