Abstract
This paper explores punishment for fouls, kissing, devastating little moves, and queer methodologies in the study of professional women’s soccer and its increasing popularity. From a dropped yellow card in a Northern Super League game in Toronto, to the celebration of Liga MX Femenil players Rebecca Bernal and Janelly Farías kissing after the Mexican league’s championship game, to Ireland’s Katie McCabe scoring an Olympico in the World Cup, the experience of the game gains traction not only from goals, but also from the unexpected things that pull us in. To develop a queer reading of women’s professional soccer requires a deep engagement with the sport and the ability to pick up on a lot of things happening at once, what commentators sometimes call having your “head on a swivel.”
Presenters
Lindsey FreemanAssociate Professor of Sociology, Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Sporting Cultures and Identities
KEYWORDS
Culture, Football, Queer Theory, Soccer, Sociological Methods
