Female Football Players and Fans Intruding into a Man's World /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pfister, Gertrud (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pope, Stacey (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
• Subjects: Sports-Sociological aspects.; Sports.; Sports-Psychological aspects.; Sociology.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Sport.; Sport Psychology.; Gender Studies.
• Physical Description: XI, 319 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137590251
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59025-1

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.