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The feminization of sports fandom : a sociological study / Stacey Pope.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pope, Stacey, author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 81.
- Routledge research in sport, culture and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leicester City Football Club.
- Leicester Tigers (Rugby football team).
- Women sports spectators--England--Leicester.
- Women sports spectators.
- Sports--Sociological aspects.
- Sports.
- Gender identity.
- Leicester (England)--Social life and customs.
- Leicester (England).
- Manners and customs.
- England--Leicester.
- Physical Description:
- x, 268 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Women's changing leisure lives
- Changes in professional sport and the feminization of sports fandom
- Continuity and change in the lives of female sports fans
- Women, sport and a sense of place
- Rivalry and class distinction between female football and rugby union fans
- The meaning and importance of sport for female fans
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138916081
- 1138916080
- OCLC:
- 983798724
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