Women's Football, Culture, and Identity

This book examines the experiences of amateur players in women's football, challenging conventional discourses that centre male, masculine and heterosexual identities and offering a new narrative that re-positions women's voices.

Kate Themen is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Part I: Pathways for Marginalised Voices, 1. Women's Football, Culture, and Identity, 2. Researching Women's Football: Place, Nostalgia, and Voice, Part II: Development, Opportunities, and Friendships, 3. Formative Footballing Experiences: Early Aspirations and Playing Football at School, 4. Sociality, Community, and the Importance of Friendships in Women's Football, Part III: Encouraging Inclusivity: Challenges and Reconfiguration, 5. Developing Football Players: Challenges and Reconfiguration, 6. Voice, English Football Culture, and Encouraging Inclusivity: Contestation and Change, 7. Women's Football in a Contested Culture: A Reflection on Voice and Nostalgia, Appendix: Research Participants