Honorata Jakubowska, Dominik Antonowicz, Radoslaw Kossakowski

Female Fans, Gender Relations and Football Fandom

Challenging the Brotherhood Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses the transformation of football fan culture from a gender perspective. Referring to the notions of homosociality, hegemonic masculinity and performative perspectives on gender and fandom, it investigates the processes of women entering the world of football fandom.

Drawing on multidimensional qualitative and quantitative research, the book analyses different aspects of female fandom, such as women's socialisation to be a fan, building their sense of fan identity, ways of performing fandom, and gender. Also, it explores the response of male fans by shedding light on the sense-making process of a growing number of female fans in the stands and its consequences for prevailingly male football culture. This study stands out for its richness and diversity of empirical material used in order to make a significant contribution to our understanding of social dynamics related to the changing nature of female football fandom.

The book is fascinating reading for researchers and students in a broad range of areas, including gender studies, sociology of sport, football, women's studies and Central Eastern European studies. It is also a valuable resource for scholars, and football and club authorities who have an interest in understanding the development of female football fandom and its impact on the male fandom community.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 285g
• ISBN-13: 9780367544157
• ISBN-10: 0367544156
• Artikelnr.: 67528644

Autorenporträt

Honorata Jakubowska is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology of the Individual and Social Relations at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä, Poland. Dominik Antonowicz is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Science and Higher Education Research at Nicolas Copernicus University in Toru¿, Poland. Rados¿aw Kossakowski is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Scientific Council of Sociology at the University of Gdäsk, Poland, where he is also Director of the Institute of Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part 1: Female Fandom: Theoretical and Empirical Investigation. 1. Researching Female Fandom. 2. Theorising Female Fandom. Part 2: The Local Context of Development of Female Fandom. 3. History of Football (Male) Fandom in Poland. 4. Transformation of Women's Status and Gender Relations in Poland. 5. How Can We Explore Female Fandom? Part 3: Performing Female Fandom in the Male Reservoir. 6. Women's Initiation into Football Fandom: Men as Brokers. 7. Female Fans at Football Matches. 8. Reasons for Attending Football Matches. 9. Participation in Fandom Culture. 10. Female Fans as Customers. 11. Perception of a Football Stadium as (Social) Space for Women. Part 4: Female Fans in the Eyes of Others: Male and Football Stakeholders Perspective. 12. The Response of Male Fans to the Growing Number of Females in Football Stands. 13. Female Fans in the View of Other Football Stakeholders. Conclusion.

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Introduction. Part 1: Female Fandom: Theoretical and Empirical
Investigation. 1. Researching Female Fandom. 2. Theorising Female Fandom.
Part 2: The Local Context of Development of Female Fandom. 3. History of
Football (Male) Fandom in Poland. 4. Transformation of Women's Status and
Gender Relations in Poland. 5. How Can We Explore Female Fandom? Part 3:
Performing Female Fandom in the Male Reservoir. 6. Women's Initiation into
Football Fandom: Men as Brokers. 7. Female Fans at Football Matches. 8.
Reasons for Attending Football Matches. 9. Participation in Fandom Culture.
10. Female Fans as Customers. 11. Perception of a Football Stadium as
(Social) Space for Women. Part 4: Female Fans in the Eyes of Others: Male
and Football Stakeholders Perspective. 12. The Response of Male Fans to the
Growing Number of Females in Football Stands. 13. Female Fans in the View
of Other Football Stakeholders. Conclusion.