LEADER 03927nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910462164603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-70952-X 010 $a0-203-10138-3 010 $a1-136-23484-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000269470 035 $a(EBL)1047129 035 $a(OCoLC)818114679 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000758628 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11396644 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758628 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10773914 035 $a(PQKB)10436631 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1047129 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1047129 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10618966 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL402202 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000269470 100 $a20120302d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSport and its female fans$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Kim Toffoletti and Peter Mewett 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 0$aRoutledge research in sport, culture and society ;$v17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-88381-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 327 $a7 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 330 $a"Why do women follow sports? How do they participate from the sidelines and what is the significance of this contribution? What can female fandom tell us about gender relations in sport? This book explores these and related questions by bringing together the varied strands of research being conducted internationally across the social sciences and humanities on this emerging and topical field.While sports spectatorship is a popular and well-respected site of analysis, no book-length, scholarly contribution documents womens experiences of sports fandom. For this reason, there is an obvious need for a book that offers researchers, students and non-professional readers an authoritative introduction to womens modes of sport support. Sport and Its Female Fans will be a landmark contribution in the field of sport research and in studies of sports fandom, making an original contribution to the growing, yet under-researched, area of female sports spectators"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society 606 $aSports spectators 606 $aWomen$xSocial life and customs 606 $aSports$xSociological aspects 606 $aGender identity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSports spectators. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aSports$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aGender identity. 676 $a306.4/83 701 $aToffoletti$b Kim$0938508 701 $aMewett$b Peter$0938509 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462164603321 996 $aSport and its female fans$92114528 997 $aUNINA