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Kissane, Rebecca Joyce; Winslow, Sarah

 
9781439918876: Whose Game?: Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1439918872 ISBN 13 : 9781439918876
Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2020

Synopsis

Fantasy sports have the opportunity to provide a sporting community in which gendered physical presence plays no role--a space where men and women can compete and interact on a level playing field. Whose Game? shows, however, that while many turn to this space to socialize with friends or participate in a uniquely active and competitive fandom, men who play also depend on fantasy sports to perform a boyhood vision of masculinity otherwise inaccessible to them. Authors Rebecca Kissane and Sarah Winslow draw on a rich array of survey, interview, and observational data to examine how gender, race, and class frame the experiences of everyday fantasy sports players.

This pioneering book examines gendered structures and processes, such as jock statsculinity--a nerdish form of masculine one-upmanship--and how women are often rendered as outsiders. Ultimately, Whose Game? demonstrates that fantasy sports are more than just an inconsequential leisure activity. This online world bleeds into participants' social lives in gendered ways--forging and strengthening relationships but also taking participants' time and attention to generate negative emotions, stress, discord, and unproductivity.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rebecca Joyce Kissane is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Lafayette College. Sarah Winslow is Senior Associate Director of the Honors College, Director of the National Scholars Program, and Associate Professor of Sociology at Clemson University, and co-editor of Gender in the 21st Century: The Stalled Revolution and the Road to Equality.

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Éditeur
Temple University Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1439918872
ISBN 13 
9781439918876
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
257
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1439918864 ISBN 13 :  9781439918869
Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2020
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