Kate Themen

Women's Football, Culture, and Identity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the experiences of amateur players in women's football, challenging conventional discourses that centre male, masculine and heterosexual identities and offering a new narrative that re-positions women's voices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781032330082
• ISBN-10: 1032330082
• Artikelnr.: 70177255

Autorenporträt

Kate Themen is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Pathways for Marginalised Voices
1. Women's Football
Culture
and Identity
2. Researching Women's Football: Place
Nostalgia
and Voice
Part II: Development
Opportunities
and Friendships
3. Formative Footballing Experiences: Early Aspirations and Playing Football at School
4. Sociality
Community
and the Importance of Friendships in Women's Football
Part III: Encouraging Inclusivity: Challenges and Reconfiguration
5. Developing Football Players: Challenges and Reconfiguration
6. Voice
English Football Culture
and Encouraging Inclusivity: Contestation and Change
7. Women's Football in a Contested Culture: A Reflection on Voice and Nostalgia
Appendix: Research Participants