Full Description
The travails in the changing world of women as athletes and sports fans
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Youth The Origins of Gender Difference in Sport 2 Women in Men's Worlds Process of Exclusion and Suppression of Females in Male-Dominated Realms Other Than Sport 3 Women as Sports Producers Progress and Problems 4 Fandom and the Typical Female Sports Fan 5 Sportista I: Professional Women in the Contested Space of Sports Media Issues of Entry and Acceptance 6 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 Appendix: Lists of Interviewees Index



