Female fandom in an English ‘sports city’ : a sociological study of female spectating and consumption around sport

This thesis is an exploratory study which examines, comparatively, the largely neglected area of female sports fandom. Using the UK East Midlands city of Leicester as a case study site for the research, 85 semi-structured interviews were conducted with three generations of female fans of football (L...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pope, Stacey Elizabeth
Other Authors: Bartram, D.V.S. ; Williams, J.M
Published: University of Leicester 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520131