With few exceptions, researchers have seldom explored the experiences of any female sport
fan who may be identified as a member of a racial minority. Given related calls for further …

Despite substantial recent activism on the part of US women footballers and their fans, little
scholarly attention has focused on fan activism in women's football. Drawing on an …

Female sport fan research has been gaining momentum in recent years (eg, Farrell, Fink, &
Fields, 2011; Osborne & Coombs, 2013; Pope, 2011, 2013; Sveinson & Hoeber, 2015) …

Dr. Kim Toffoletti's book, Women Sport Fans: Identification, Participation, Representation, is
the first monograph to examine women sport fans with a global focus. Unlike other studies of …

Hegemonic masculinity would suggest that sport fandom is the exclusive domain of men and
women are subordinate. Yet, it is apparent that women make up a significant portion of the …

The past decade has witnessed a growing focus on the study of women sports fans within
the social sciences and related disciplines (Cere 2003; Crawford and Gosling 2004; James …

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

Using data from the National Sports and Society Survey (N= 3,988), this study analyzes
associations between gender, sexual, and sports fan identities. The authors find that only …

Sports fandom research has typically focused upon the importance of sport for men and
constructing men's hegemonic identities. However, a growing body of research seeks to …

The NHL has a long-standing, problematic relationship with race. The North American
sporting and racial climate have brought even more attention to this reality. A notable tactic …