Whose game? : gender and power in fantasy sports / Rebecca Joyce Kissane and Sarah Winslow.
Series: Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020Description: viii, 230 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781439918869
- 1439918864
- 9781439918876
- 1439918872
- GV1202 .F35 K57 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Fantasy sports, real sports, and gender -- It's all just a game, it's just a different game: fantasy sports as personalized, competitive, and contested fandom -- Letting men be men: jock statsculinity and fantasy sports -- Playing in a man's world: perceptions and experiences of women in fantasy Sports -- The social aspects of fantasy are huge: gendered social capital in fantasy sports -- Going overboard? time, attention, and emotional absorption in fantasy sports -- Conclusion: whose game? gender and power in fantasy sports.
"This book uses surveys and interviews with participants in online fantasy sports leagues to interrogate what they get out of their play. Many men use fantasy sports to perform a sporting masculinity unavailable to them through traditional sports participation"-- Provided by publisher.