Sportista : female fandom in the United States / Andrei S. Markovits, Emily K. Albertson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Politics, history, and social changePublication details: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.Description: x, 258 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781439909638 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1439909636 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781439909645 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 1439909644 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 9781439909652 (e-book)
  • 1439909652 (e-book)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 715 .M35 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Youth : the origins of gender difference in sport -- Women in men's worlds : process of exclusion and suppression of females in male-dominated realms other than sport -- Women as sports producers : progress and problems -- Fandom and the typical female sports fan -- Sportista I : professional women in the contested space of sports media : issues of entry and acceptance -- Sportista II : following as a hobby, the a-typical female sports fan : superfans in their own right, with their own voice, and speaking their own language -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Youth : the origins of gender difference in sport -- Women in men's worlds : process of exclusion and suppression of females in male-dominated realms other than sport -- Women as sports producers : progress and problems -- Fandom and the typical female sports fan -- Sportista I : professional women in the contested space of sports media : issues of entry and acceptance -- Sportista II : following as a hobby, the a-typical female sports fan : superfans in their own right, with their own voice, and speaking their own language -- Conclusion.

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