Abstract / Description of output
Purpose
This study aims to provide a social accounting of early women's football as a form of consciousness raising, and to provide a platform to raise questions about the path of the future of the women's game.
Design/methodology/approach
Newspaper archival materials supplemented by books and journal articles.
Findings
British woman's football was repressed for 50 years by the football association.
Research limitations/implications
This is a discussion paper, rather than a full academic manuscript.
Practical implications
This paper is designed to enable questions to be raised about equality, and what that means in 2022.
Social implications
There is an opportunity to reconsider a “feminine” version of the field of football.
Originality/value
There is an opportunity to use feminist theories to consider the past and future of women's football.
This study aims to provide a social accounting of early women's football as a form of consciousness raising, and to provide a platform to raise questions about the path of the future of the women's game.
Design/methodology/approach
Newspaper archival materials supplemented by books and journal articles.
Findings
British woman's football was repressed for 50 years by the football association.
Research limitations/implications
This is a discussion paper, rather than a full academic manuscript.
Practical implications
This paper is designed to enable questions to be raised about equality, and what that means in 2022.
Social implications
There is an opportunity to reconsider a “feminine” version of the field of football.
Originality/value
There is an opportunity to use feminist theories to consider the past and future of women's football.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal |
| Early online date | 28 Mar 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 28 Mar 2023 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- social accounting
- patriarchy
- women's football