This book studies how transnationalisation, Europeanisation and migration processes intersect with football fandom, through an analysis of the transnational narratives and practices of Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray football fans in Vienna, Austria.
Nina Szogs is a researcher at University of Vienna, Austria and Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany and is part of the interdisciplinary European project FREE: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe (FP7). Her research focuses on intersectionality, gender and migration. She is co-editor of New Ethnographies of Football in Europe (Palgrave, 2016).
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“The book is an important contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of the social dimensions of non-local football fandom and the role of fan practices in diaspora communities. … This book is engaging reading for any student or scholar with an interest in football fandom, migration and transnationalism.” (idrottsforum.org, February, 2019)
Innehållsförteckning
1. Introduction: Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray Fans in Vienna.- 2. Approaching the Field.- 3. Entering the Field.- 4. The Plurality of us and them: performing Loyalties and Rivalries.- 5. The Intersection of Ethnicity, Gender and Social Class in Fan Narratives and Performances.- 6. Conclusion and Outlook: the Intersection of Football Fandom and Migration.