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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 inaccessible to
them. Authors Rebecca Kissane and Sarah Winslow draw on a rich
array of survey, interview, and observational data to examine how
gender, race, and class frame the experiences of everyday fantasy
sports players. This pioneering book examines gendered structures
and processes, such as jock statsculinity-a nerdish form of
masculine one-upmanship-and how women are often rendered as
outsiders. Ultimately, Whose Game? demonstrates that fantasy sports
are more than just an inconsequential leisure activity. This online
world bleeds into participants' social lives in gendered
ways-forging and strengthening relationships but also taking
participants' time and attention to generate negative emotions,
stress, discord, and unproductivity.
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 inaccessible to
them. Authors Rebecca Kissane and Sarah Winslow draw on a rich
array of survey, interview, and observational data to examine how
gender, race, and class frame the experiences of everyday fantasy
sports players. This pioneering book examines gendered structures
and processes, such as jock statsculinity-a nerdish form of
masculine one-upmanship-and how women are often rendered as
outsiders. Ultimately, Whose Game? demonstrates that fantasy sports
are more than just an inconsequential leisure activity. This online
world bleeds into participants' social lives in gendered
ways-forging and strengthening relationships but also taking
participants' time and attention to generate negative emotions,
stress, discord, and unproductivity.
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