Whose Game?: Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports

by Rebecca Joyce Kissane

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439918872
• ISBN13: 9781439918876
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"