Making sense of race/ethnicity and gender in televised football: reception research among British students

Sport and ethno-racial formation: imagined distance in Fiji

“…Buffington's (2005) discourse analysis around American Football also confirmed how sport is operationalised in the perpetuation of ethno-racial stereotypes (see also Staiger 2004;Rada and Wulfemeyer 2005). In the UK, Peeters and Van Sterkenburg (2017), found that televised football promulgates a natural physicality discourse that (re)constructs black football players as physically rather than mentally able, in comparison to white players. While in South Africa, Booth (1998) wrote how the highly visible policy of segregation in sport during apartheid, maintained a colour line in the reality and (crucially) the consciousness of the rainbow nation.…”

Women’s football studies: an integrative review

“…Caudwell, 1999, 2003, 2011; Fielding-Lloyd and Meân, 2008; Hjelseth and Hovden, 2014). Gender constraints remain a major issue for women to emerge and gain credibility across all levels of the football world, including: coaching (Fasting and Pfister, 2000; Fasting et al , 2017; Fielding-Lloyd and Meân, 2008; Lewis et al , 2018; Norman, 2014; Schlesinger and Weigelt-Schlesinger, 2012; Skogvang and Fasting, 2013), media (Christopherson et al , 2002; Coche, 2016; Peeters and Elling, 2015; Peeters and van Sterkenburg, 2017; Pfister, 2015b; Skogvang, 2009), fandom (Ben-Porat, 2009; Dunn, 2017; Hjelseth and Hovden, 2014; Kim, 2004; Mintert and Pfister, 2015; Pfister, 2013; Pfister et al , 2013; Pope, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016; Pope and Williams, 2011; Selmer and Sülzle, 2010) and refereeing (Kim and Hong, 2016; Perreau-Niel and Erard, 2015), as well as positions of power such as national federations’ organisational boards (Strittmatter and Skirstad, 2017; Welford, 2011). The steady number of publications on historical and sociological domains demonstrated that researchers frequently shine a light on the socio-cultural, political, economic and legislative context in which women’s football has evolved over time (see e.g.…”

Gender-Stereotyped Barriers Against Women Football Players in Turkey: A Qualitative Perspective on the Eccles’ Expectancy-Value Theory

“…Also, Emessine's expressions about discriminatory training schedule are very similar with English women football players. Women's trainings are scheduled depending on the men's team training schedule as well as they do not have the best facilities to train or play because of the lower status of women's teams in the club (Welford, 2018;Peeters & Sterkenburg, 2017). The study in Norway found that boys have training camps, free clothing, tournaments, transportation, and trips abroad, but girls have to pay for them.…”

“…The abovementioned statements demonstrate that authorities and institutions such as media, sponsors, television, newspapers, federations, clubs' executives, and fans act in unison against women players. The lack of media interest in women's football leads to the fact that sponsors likewise take no interest in the sport, which in turn influences the game and Pamukkale J Sport Sci, 13(3), 146-173, 2022 159 development, thus contributing generally to its marginalization (Hardin & Greer, 2009;Peeters & Sterkenburg, 2017;Kaelberer, 2019;Bevan et al, 2021). However, even any success does not change their secondary status in the club or increase the opportunities and sources allocated to the team (Öztürk & Koca, 2021).…”