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Football has emerged as an important symbolic field through which various social, cultural, political, economic, and historical dimensions and antagonisms are negotiated. This volume covers a variety of themes illuminating the multiple ways that football impacts on people's everyday lives. Using anthropological research methods and data collected from ethnographic fieldwork, the contributors scrutinize not only the social fields of football fans and the specific socio-cultural contexts in which they are embedded, but also other actors beyond the pitch, and the possibilities for both agency and subversion. Taking into account processes of Europeanization, globalization, commercialization and migration, the collection offers fresh insights into fan identity formations and practices and highlights the importance of anthropology's self-reflexive and actor-centred perspective.

Soccer --- Soccer fans --- Nationalism and sports --- Social Sciences --- Recreation & Sports --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Association football --- English football --- European football --- Football (Soccer) --- Sports and nationalism --- Soccer spectators --- Fans --- Social sciences. --- Political science. --- Sociology. --- Religion and culture. --- Social sciences --- Political sociology. --- Sports --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology of Sport and Leisure. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Social Theory. --- Sociology, general. --- Political Sociology. --- Political Science. --- Sociology of sports --- Sociology --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Culture and religion --- Culture --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- State, The --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Philosophy. --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociological aspects --- Sports spectators --- Football --- Sports-Sociological aspects. --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Sports—Sociological aspects. --- Culture. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Popular culture