1st Edition
Politics, Social Issues and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Introduction: Considerations on the impact of women’s soccer and the global game
Danielle Sarver Coombs
PART I
On power structures, inequalities, and women’s football
1. The evolution and politicization of the Women’s World Cup
Alanna Harman and Tim Elcombe
2. FIFA’s relationship to indigeneity in the 2023 Women’s World Cup and beyond. Coloniality or commitment?
Andrew Grainger and Hillary J. Haldane
3. Female soccer players on a mission to eliminate structural inequalities: Equal pay for equal play
Emmanouil (Manos) Karousos
4. The experiences (and challenges) of girls who want to play soccer in Burkina Faso
Sylvain Zingue
5. "Se Acabó": Spanish Women's Resistance to Patriarchy and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Jim McKay
6. Governance, ethics, and women’s rights in Spain: Sporting success in turbulent times
Carlos Gómez González and José Luis Pérez Triviño
7. What does Carly Lloyd really want? A rhetorical analysis
Molly Yanity
PART II
On nationalism, identities and experiencing the women’s game
8. Interrogating representations and Colombian footballing narratives of nation around the Women’s World Cup 2023: Of voids and (in)visibilities
Karen Ariza Carranza and Pete Watson
9. The Filipinas writing World Cup ‘herstory’ in contestations on gender, race, and nationality in Philippine sport
Satwinder Rehal
10. Sexism, homophobia, and conservative backlash to the U.S. Women’s National Team entering the 2023 World Cup: “The new woke queen(s)”
Taylor Henry
11. How does a national women’s soccer team resonate with schoolchildren? The Republic of Ireland women’s soccer team and the 2023 Women’s World Cup
Niamh Kitching
12. Emergence and divergence of Fan Zones at the 2023 Women’s World Cup: Beyond the stadium
Jessica Richards, Andrew Grainger, and Edward Mariyani-Squire
13. Examining new narratives of fandom at the 2023 Women’s World Cup: Finding friendship and fun in the Fan Zone
Kasey Symons
14. “Til it’s done”: The Legacy of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup through insights from Australian and German Women’s Football Fans
Jessica Kunert, Lina-Doreen Rose and Christiana Schallhorn
Biography
Danielle Sarver Coombs teaches advertising and branding at the University for the Creative Arts, UK. Her research interests center on politics, sports, and the politics of sport. She has authored and edited a number of books, including the Routledge Handbook of Sport Fans and Fandom (Routledge, 2022). She is the vice-chair of the International Communication Association’s Sport Communication Interest Group.
Molly Yanity is professor and director of the sports media and communication program at the University of Rhode Island, USA. A former sportswriter, Yanity also serves as a board member for the International Association for Communication and Sport.
