Female fans in blue and white (and yellow)

Interrelations between ethnonational and gender identity in the construction of female fandom

Bibliographic Data

ID12540403
AuthorsOrr Levental (0000-0001-5731-3567, Tel Hai Academic College, corresponding author), Saleh Kharanbeh (0009-0000-2308-2975, Tel Hai Academic College), Ofri Gover (Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv Yafo Academic College, Israel), Anat Kidron (0000-0003-2605-7788, Tel Hai Academic College)
Year2022
Volume28
Issue5
Pages741-757
Publication date2022-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIsrael Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1353-7121 • E-ISSN: 1743-9086
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13537121.2022.2112392
OpenAlexW4292737966
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

This article examines female basketball fandom in Israel, concentrating on the relationship between gender and ethnonational identity in sport. It is based on two preliminary assumptions: (a) sport is considered a masculine sphere of interest; (b) sport in general, and fandom in particular, are part of the unique sociocultural life; hence patterns of Israeli female fandom are influenced by collective-Israeli ethnonational and gender identity. The article follows the qualitative-narrative approach, using in-depth interviews. Its findings revealed symbiotic relationships between fans’ ethnic-national identity and their fandom for Maccabi Tel Aviv and views of the team’s players

Aesthetics · Art · Basketball · Ethnic group · Fandom · Identity (music · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Social and Cultural Studies

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