1st Edition

Football Fans Around the World From Supporters to Fanatics

Edited By Sean Brown, Boria Majumdar Copyright 2007
    278 Pages
    by Routledge

    278 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national. The diverse geographical and cultural array of contributions to this volume highlights not only the variety of how fans express themselves, but their commonalities as well. The collection brings together scholars of North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa to present a global picture of fan culture.

    The collection shows that while every group of fans around the world has its own characteristics, the role of a football fan is laced with commonalities, irrespective of geography or culture.

    This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society.

    The US National Team: Never a Home Field Advantage Sean Brown, Northeastern University  The Bangal beats the Ghati: West Bengal versus East Bengal: A Lost Nationalist Tale Boria Majumdar, Calcutta University  Football Fans in Italy Matthew Guschwan, Indiana University  Hooliganism Goes Global, Violence in Global Soccer Projit Mukharji  Football Fans in Southern California: Cyber Space Football Wayne Wilson (AAFLA)  Manchester United fans and Malcolm Glazer Adam Brown Manchester Metropolitan University  Senegal Goes Global: A Universal African Michael Ralph University of Chicago  Spanish Ultras Alvaro Rodriguez Diaz University of Seville  A New Breed of Football Fan: Spain and its Footballing Army Andrew Macfarland  Japanese Soccer Fans Sebastian Moffet  Living for the National Team: Football Fan Culture in Brazil Marcos Natali  Fan Culture in Argentina Udo Merkel

    Biography

    Edited by Brown, Sean