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Doing Fandom

Lessons from Football in Gender, Emotions, Space

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Based on ethnographic research projects in the Middle East and Europe
  • Looks at the acquisition, gendering and embodiment of fandom
  • Analyses the intersections of doing fandom and doing gender, passing, and grass roots political activism

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. I: The Genesis of Doing Fandom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-33
    2. How Children Become Fans: Learning Fandom via the Body

      • Tali Friedman, Tamar Rapoport
      Pages 35-57
    3. A Fan’s Emotional Pendulum

      • Tali Friedman
      Pages 59-80
  3. II: The Gendering of Fandom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-116
    2. Women Do Fandom Their Way

      • Tamar Rapoport, Daniel Regev
      Pages 135-159
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 283-292

About this book

Doing Fandom presents a body of knowledge essential to football fandom research, and the study of gender, space, emotions and culture more generally. 


The analytical framework follows the theory of practice, drawing on three acclaimed sociological concepts to expand current scholarship on fandom: habitus, doing gender, and claiming the right to space. 


The authors apply these perspectives to interrogate the development,  performative and experiential aspects of fandom, and inform analysis of fans' social and political activism beyond the stadium. 


Drawing on several case studies conducted among fans in the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe, the anthology provides substantial insight into the construction of fandom, and will be invaluable for students and scholars across sociology, anthropology of sport, and cultural studies.





Editors and Affiliations

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Tamar Rapoport

About the editor

Tamar Rapoport is Professor Emerita of Cultural and Educational Sociology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Doing Fandom

  • Book Subtitle: Lessons from Football in Gender, Emotions, Space

  • Editors: Tamar Rapoport

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46870-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46869-9Published: 08 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46872-9Published: 09 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46870-5Published: 07 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 292

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sociology of Culture, Gender Studies, Cultural Geography

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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