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Whose game? : gender and power in fantasy sports / Rebecca Joyce Kissane and Sarah Winslow.
Van Pelt Library GV1202.F35 K57 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kissane, Rebecca Joyce, 1973- author.
- Winslow, Sarah, 1978- author.
- Series:
- Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Sporting
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fantasy sports--Sociological aspects.
- Fantasy sports.
- Mass media and sports.
- Masculinity in sports.
- Communication and technology.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 230 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This book uses surveys and interviews with participants in online fantasy sports leagues to interrogate what they get out of their play. Many men use fantasy sports to perform a sporting masculinity unavailable to them through traditional sports participation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Fantasy sports, real sports, and gender
- It's all just a game, it's just a different game: fantasy sports as personalized, competitive, and contested fandom
- Letting men be men: jock statsculinity and fantasy sports
- Playing in a man's world: perceptions and experiences of women in fantasy Sports
- The social aspects of fantasy are huge: gendered social capital in fantasy sports
- Going overboard? time, attention, and emotional absorption in fantasy sports
- Conclusion: whose game? gender and power in fantasy sports.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kissane, Rebecca Joyce, 1973- Whose game?
- ISBN:
- 9781439918869
- 1439918864
- 9781439918876
- 1439918872
- OCLC:
- 1107175940
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