Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages)
ISBN:
9780203101384
,
9781136234798
,
9781136234835
,
9781136234842
Series Statement:
Routledge research in sport, culture and society 17
Content:
1. Stoic observers or fanatic fans? Women ice hockey spectators in 1930s North America / Russell Field -- 2. The ladies stand / Fiona Allon -- 3. 'Forever ultras' : female football support in Italy / Rinella Cere -- 4. Women fans of the rodeo : circuit friends, helpmates and buckle bunnies / Carol Y. Thompson and Craig J. Forsyth -- 5. The meaning of sport in the lives of 'hot' and 'cool' female fans of football and rugby union / Stacey Pope -- 6. "Oh yes, he is hot" : female football fans and the sexual objectification of sportsmen's bodies / Kim Toffoletti and Peter Mewett -- 7. Fantasy, fun and identity construction among female fans of rugby union / Camilla Obel -- 8. Reading the commodified female sports fan : interrogating strategic dirt and characterization in commercial narratives / Lawrence A. Wenner -- 9. How do women talk sports? Women sports fans in a blog community / Marie Hardin and Erin Whiteside -- 10. Empowerment through sport? female fans, women's sport, and the construction of gendered fandom / Lindsey Mean.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415883818
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415629690
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415883818
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203101384
