Globalization and Football Fandom: Banal Cosmopolitanism in Postcolonial Hong Kong

This book uses the case of football fandom in Hong Kong to shine new light on the globalization of sport and culture, and on the intersection of culture and society in a postcolonial territory. Based on in-depth interviews, textual analysis, and survey data, the book explores the lived experience of football fans in Hong Kong.

Using the theoretical framework of ‘banal cosmopolitanism,’ the book explains how elite men’s football from Europe, particularly the English Premier League, became ext...