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 …

The study of football fandom is a fast-growing area of research in the sociology of sport. The
first work of its kind, this book explores football fan activism and its impact on contemporary …

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 …

All the hot, sweaty bodies collapsed domino-like onto the searing heat of the concrete stand.
The home team, Livorno, had just scored against Pisa, their hated local rivals. The joy …

This article offers a new approach for examining Muslim women in sport, which combines
the domains of sporting participation, consumption and representation. It proposes moving …

In this opening chapter, we question what is 'critical'about academic studies of sport, race
and gender, as they pertain to ethnic 'Other'girls and women, now. We re-trace the …

The purpose of this study was to propose a conceptual framework for understanding how to
establish athletes as brands. Based on an extensive literature review, the proposed model …

When even the so-called “critical” scholarship about women of color and sport, mostly
speaks to cultural tropes of difference, the possibility of recovering alternative knowledges …

This book assesses the transformation of football fan culture from a gender perspective.
Referring to the notions of homosociality, hegemonic masculinity and performative …

Studies of football fandom from across the world all highlight masculine and misogynistic
tendencies amongst the fans, players and administrators who populate football stadiums …