"A whole stadium full": lesbian community at women's national basketball association games.: An article from: The Journal of Sex Research
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Author(s)Susannah Dolance
ISBN / ASINB0009H3MC2
ISBN-13978B0009H3MC6
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From the author: Using qualitative interviews with lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual female Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) fans, I argue that the (perceived) large lesbian attendance at WNBA games enables the construction of a lesbian community by lesbian and bisexual fans in a site qualitatively different from traditional locations of lesbian community. Because the WNBA is not an explicitly lesbian or queer space, the process of speculating about which players, coaches, and fans are lesbians is a meaningful part of being a WNBA fan for many lesbian and bisexual fans. Fantasizing a large lesbian presence enables lesbian and bisexual fans to actively and interpretively create lesbian community at the games. The women socialize and connect with lesbian and bisexual women, construct lesbian ownership of WNBA games, and define WNBA games as a unique space that is different from lesbian bars and other traditional "gay-only" spaces.
Citation Details
Title: "A whole stadium full": lesbian community at women's national basketball association games.
Author: Susannah Dolance
Publication:The Journal of Sex Research (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Inc.
Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Page: 74(10)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: Using qualitative interviews with lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual female Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) fans, I argue that the (perceived) large lesbian attendance at WNBA games enables the construction of a lesbian community by lesbian and bisexual fans in a site qualitatively different from traditional locations of lesbian community. Because the WNBA is not an explicitly lesbian or queer space, the process of speculating about which players, coaches, and fans are lesbians is a meaningful part of being a WNBA fan for many lesbian and bisexual fans. Fantasizing a large lesbian presence enables lesbian and bisexual fans to actively and interpretively create lesbian community at the games. The women socialize and connect with lesbian and bisexual women, construct lesbian ownership of WNBA games, and define WNBA games as a unique space that is different from lesbian bars and other traditional "gay-only" spaces.
Citation Details
Title: "A whole stadium full": lesbian community at women's national basketball association games.
Author: Susannah Dolance
Publication:The Journal of Sex Research (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Inc.
Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Page: 74(10)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
