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Female football players and fans : intruding into a man's world / Gertrud Pfister, Stacey Pope, editors

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London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Physical Description
xi, 319 pages ; 22 cm.
Additional Creators
Pfister, Gertrud, 1945- and Pope, Stacey

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Gertrud Pfister -- pt. I Women's Football and Female Players -- 2.It's Still a Man's Game? The Experiences of Top-Level European Women Footballers / Ana Bunuel -- 3.Women, Football and European Integration: Aims, Questions, Methodological and Theoretical Approaches / Gertrud Pfister -- 4.The Beginnings of Women's Football in South-Western Germany: From a Spectacle to a Sport Event / Markwart Herzog -- 5.Women's Football Leagues in Europe: Organizational and Economic Perspectives / Marie-Luise Klein -- 6.Outsiders on the Inside: Integrating Women's and Men's Football Clubs in England / Jo Welford -- 7.`Who Could Name an England Women's Footballer?': Female Fans of Men's Football and Their Views of Women's Football in England / Stacey Pope -- pt. II Female Football Fans and their Experiences -- 8.A Socio-Historical Account of Female Experiences of Football's Golden Age in England / John Williams and Note continued: 9.Is There a Life Beyond Football? How Female Fans Integrate Football into Their Everyday Lives / Gertrud Pfister -- 10.`One Is Not Born, But Rather Becomes a Fan': The Socialization of Female Football Fans -- A Case Study in Denmark / Verena Lenneis -- 11.Women's Football Supporter Culture in Sweden / Susanna Hedenborg -- 12.Challenging or Accommodating the Football System? A Case Study of Female Football Supporter Communities in Spain / Helena Flores -- 13.Gender, Play and Identity: A Longitudinal Study of Structure and Agency in Female Football Fandom / Emily Ball.
Summary
This edited collection draws on social science approaches to provide insights into the world of women's football and female fans. Providing in-depth analysis of the development of the women's game in different European countries, it examines both the experiences of female fans of men's football and women's views, perceptions and evaluations of women's football. 'Female Football Players and Fans' will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of fields, including sports sociology, sport sciences, gender studies, women's studies and fandom and cultural studies.
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ISBN
9781137590244
1137590246
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Dorothy V. Harris Libraries Endowment ; 2018
Endowment Note
Dorothy V. Harris Libraries Endowment
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