Women Sport Fans

Women worldwide are making their presence felt as sport fans in rapidly increasing numbers. This book makes a distinctive and innovative contribution to the study of sport fandom by exploring the growing visibility and interest in women who follow sport. It presents the latest data on women's sport spectatorship in different regions of the world, posing new theoretical paradigms to study the globalised nature of female sport fandom. Women Sport Fans: Identification, participation, representation is fascinating reading for all those interested in sport and gender, the sociology of sport, or women's studies.