Women fans have entered the traditionally male domain of the sports stadium in growing
numbers in recent years. Watching professional sport is important for women for so many …

This thesis is an exploratory study which examines, comparatively, the largely neglected
area of female sports fandom. Using the UK East Midlands city of Leicester as a case study …

Women worldwide are making their presence felt as sport fans in rapidly increasing
numbers. This book makes a distinctive and innovative contribution to the study of sport …

Academic research has typically focused upon the importance of sports fandom for men, and
there is also a lack of comparative work which examines fans of different sports. This article …

This volume draws upon social science and historical approaches to provide insights into
the world of women's football and female fans. It gives an in-depth analysis of the …

The experiences of female sports fans have been largely marginalized in academic
research. This article aims to bring women's experiences as sports fans to the fore. It also …

In the Academy, female fandom is often conceived of in ways which consciously exclude
sport, and women are often marginalised by research on sports fandom. There is also little …

The question of how, irrespective of gender, a person becomes a sports fan has been
absent in sociological studies of sports supporters. Distinct from other studies of sport …

Most sociological work on football fandom has focused on the experience of men, and it
usually talks about alcohol, fighting and general hooliganism. This book shows that there …

Feminist sports scholars characterize sport as a masculine domain wherein the ideology of
male superiority and dominance is structurally and symbolically perpetuated. Researchers …