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Title The feminization of sports fandom : a sociological study / Stacey Pope.
Author Pope, Stacey, author.
Publisher New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.


Status Loan Type Location Shelf-mark
 DUE 14-06-24  Standard  Library Level 6  Sociology Z380 POP  

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Description x, 268 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN 9781138916081 hardback
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Women's changing leisure lives -- Changes in professional sport and the feminization of sports fandom -- Continuity and change in the lives of female sports fans -- Women, sport and a sense of place -- Rivalry and class distinction between female football and rugby union fans -- The meaning and importance of sport for female fans -- Conclusion.
Series Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 81.
Library Class Sociology Z380
Subject Leicester City Football Club.
Leicester Tigers (Rugby football team)
Women sports spectators -- England -- Leicester.
Sports -- Sociological aspects.
Gender identity.
Leicester (England) -- Social life and customs.

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