Women's Football, Culture, and Identity

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.

Autorentext

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

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

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