{"product_id":"whose-game-9781439918876","title":"Whose Game","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemonstrates how fantasy sport offers a space in which its participants experience gendered power while they engage in an active, competitive fandom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Whose Game?\u003ci\u003e is well written and compelling, and the research important and timely. The authors’ sociological examinations of fantasy sports make a convincing argument that this is a unique realm of fandom. In its gender analysis,\u003c\/i\u003e Whose Game?\u003ci\u003e is a strong, valuable contribution to the literature. The breadth and depth of the data make for a rich analysis that allows us to examine and understand patterns of meaning and experience. This book will have significant appeal to those in the fantasy sport world, including participants and organizers, as well as general sports fans.\u003c\/i\u003e”—\u003cb\u003eRachel Allison\u003c\/b\u003e, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mississippi State University and author of \u003ci\u003eKicking Center: Gender and the Selling of Women’s Professional Soccer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIn this fascinating new study, Kissane and Winslow show us how often aging, non-athletic men can engage in fantasy sports leagues as to both secure a claim on legitimate masculinity and, importantly, to forge much needed emotional bonds with other men. Through careful research,\u003c\/i\u003e Whose Game? \u003ci\u003edocuments the possibilities and perils involved in playing fantasy sports and issues an important call for thinking seriously about the way leisure and fun can reinforce existing gendered, raced, and classed inequalities.\u003c\/i\u003e”—\u003cb\u003eC.J. Pascoe\u003c\/b\u003e, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon, and author of \u003ci\u003eDude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408319324503,"sku":"9781439918876","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439918876.jpg?v=1730502425","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/whose-game-9781439918876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}