Female Football Players and Fans

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This edited collection draws on social science approaches to provide insights into the world of women’s football and female fans. Providing in-depth analysis of the development of the women’s game in different European countries, it examines both the experiences of female fans of men’s football and women’s views, perceptions and evaluations of women’s football.

Female Football Players and Fans will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of fields, including sports sociology, sport sciences, gender studies, women’s studies and fandom and cultural studies.

Provides in-depth information on the development and the situation of women’s football in different European countries

Examines the experiences of female fans of men’s football

Explores the experiences of top-level European women footballers

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Gertrud Pfister

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Female Football Women's Football Female Football Players Female Football Fans Football Research in an Enlarged Europe Socialization of Female Football Fans Gender and Sport Relationship Between Women's and Men's Football

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“The book provides insight into the complex network of gendered experiences that can be part of playing and spectating football. … Female Football Players and Fans there for is an important contribution to increasing the knowledge and raising awareness of women’s football, and perhaps encouraging people to question their own preconceptions and understandings of this sport.” (Lise Joern, idrottsforum.org, September, 2018)
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