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Women, Football and Social Change in Saudi Arabia : Pioneer Players.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lysa, Charlotte, author.
- Series:
- Gender and Islam Series
- Gender and Islam
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soccer for women--Saudi Arabia--History.
- Soccer for women.
- Soccer for women--Social aspects--Saudi Arabia.
- Women soccer players--Saudi Arabia.
- Women soccer players.
- Women--Saudi Arabia--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Social change--Saudi Arabia.
- Social change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2025.
- Summary:
- The first book to cover women's football in Saudi Arabia based on empirical research.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Table
- Acknowledgements
- Note on transliteration and translation
- 1 Introduction: Pioneer players
- Women and football
- The making of a kingdom
- Changing Saudi Arabia
- Evolving norms and process of change
- Researching women's football in Saudi Arabia
- Outline of the book
- 2 The contested field of Saudi football
- Understanding football's political and social role
- The emergence and prohibition of Saudi football
- The (first) international turn in Saudi football
- Clerical concerns over football fanaticism and female fans
- The contested field of international football
- Conclusion
- 3 Women between law and norms
- Interpreting the law
- The male guardianship system and its critics
- The gendered organization of public space
- Women's and girls' access to physical activity and sports
- Perceptions and discourse on women's sports
- Football as a masculine domain
- Factors impacting the evolution of law and norms
- 4 Rejecting status quo: The inception and evolution of women's football
- The beginning
- Growing amidst challenges
- Motivation, support and the lack thereof
- Secluded play
- Travelling teams
- Building organization and recruiting players
- Financial constraints and class
- Rejecting hegemonic norms on women and football
- 5 Inspiring change through norm-entrepreneurship from below
- The Alyamamah Academy
- Charity football tournaments
- Playing on her own terms
- Adapting arguments and appearances
- Deconstructing football as a masculine domain
- Norm-entrepreneurs
- 6 Pressure from above and abroad
- International pressure for women's sports participation
- International organizations and local realities
- Sports and the Vision 2030
- Action and reaction to signals from above
- Taking part in transformation.
- Bottom-up approaches to top-down pressure for change
- 7 Narrating change through invoking continuity
- The policy shift in women's and girls' sports
- First international football competitions
- Narrating women's sports
- A future grounded in the past
- Authoritarian approaches
- Normative reimaginations of the new ideal Saudi woman
- 8 Conclusion
- Playing for change
- A field contested
- The consolidation phase and beyond
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7556-4423-9
- 0-7556-4422-0
- OCLC:
- 1520506338
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