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Women sport fans: identification, participation, representation

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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by Kim ToffolettiKim Toffoletti
Women worldwide are making their presence felt as sport fans in rapidly increasing numbers. This book makes a distinctive contribution to the study of sport fandom by exploring the growing visibility and interest in women who follow sport. It presents the latest data on women’s sport spectatorship in different regions of the world, posing new theoretical paradigms to study the globalised nature of female sport fandom. By using a critical feminist perspective to investigate cultural conditions and social contexts (globalisation, digital networked technologies, consumerism, neoliberalism and postfeminism), it brings into view a diversity of women’s voices and experiences as sport fans.

History

Pagination

1-168

ISBN-13

9781138189270

Language

eng

Publication classification

A1 Books - authored - research

Copyright notice

2017, Kim Toffoletti

Number of chapters

6

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

New York, N.Y.

Series

Routledge research in sport, culture and society