Sexy women sports fans: femininity, sexuality, and the global sport spectacle Toffoletti, Kim 2017, Sexy women sports fans: femininity, sexuality, and the global sport spectacle, Feminist media studies, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 457-472, doi: 10.1080/14680777.2016.1234499. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Sexy women sports fans: femininity, sexuality, and the global sport spectacle Author(s) Toffoletti, Kim orcid.org/0000-0002-5672-9090 Journal name Feminist media studies Volume number 17 Issue number 3 Start page 457 End page 472 Total pages 16 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2017 ISSN 1468-0777 1471-5902 Keyword(s) sport women post-feminism fans media Summary In recent years the relationship between women and sport fandom has undergone significant shifts. The rapidly changing sphere of global sport is seen to offer women newly visible roles in the global sport economy as fans, broadcasters, celebrity athletes, and media personalities. In light of calls for greater inclusivity and diversity in sport, this paper examines the emergence of new forms of “sexually empowered” female fandom, which situate women as active participants in the sporting spectacle. Whereas sexy women who followed men’s sport or male athletes were once derided as “groupies,” thus socially marginalised and excluded from identification with sport fan communities, I argue that the sexy sport fan has emerged in the context of post-feminism as a visible and necessary type of feminine fan identity to meet the needs of the global sport economy. This study extends feminist sport media analysis beyond its focus on how female athletes are represented whilst also contributing new insights to sport fan research by analysing how female supporters are constructed through mediated accounts in terms of gender, sexuality, and nation. Language eng DOI 10.1080/14680777.2016.1234499 Field of Research 160806 Social Theory 169901 Gender Specific Studies Socio Economic Objective 950102 Organised Sports HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Informa Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30089517 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 28 Nov 2016, 14:42:18 EST Tue, 29 Nov 2016, 04:02:55 EST Tue, 29 Nov 2016, 07:07:02 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 13:06:15 EST Fri, 13 Jan 2017, 05:04:33 EST Fri, 13 Jan 2017, 10:30:42 EST Fri, 13 Jan 2017, 10:32:27 EST Fri, 13 Jan 2017, 10:33:06 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 13:47:45 EST Fri, 12 May 2017, 12:14:40 EST Fri, 12 May 2017, 12:16:18 EST Sat, 24 Feb 2018, 01:31:20 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 249 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 13:06:15 EST

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