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About this book
Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in both the UK and across the world, and the 2015 Women's World Cup was the biggest tournament the sport had ever seen. This book explores the experience of fans of women's football who followed their teams in Canada, examining their practices and fan behaviour. How did host cities manage the influx of visitors? And how did fans manage to support their teams, considering the vast amounts of travel expected across such a big country? Dunn also examines the way that the England team is structured and run, relating this to the country's domestic competition, as well as assessing the media coverage of women's football globally. This research is all framed within the author's own experiences of the Women's World Cup, as both an academic and as a sports journalist.
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About the author
Carrie Dunn is a journalist and academic who has been combining research, teaching and professional practice since 2005. Her research interests include fandom, sport, feminism and the consumption of popular culture. Her recent books include Female Football Fans (Palgrave Pivot, 2014) and Football and the FA Women's Super League (Palgrave Pivot, 2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Football and the Women's World Cup
Book Subtitle: Organisation, Media and Fandom
Authors: Carrie Dunn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137567338
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56732-1Published: 13 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56733-8Published: 03 May 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 95
Topics: Gender Studies, Sociology, general, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Regional and Cultural Studies, Popular Science in Sports