Chinese football fandom and civic identities: a study of the fans of Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan

This article aims to understand how the relationship between Chinese football fans and their clubs has contributed to the local symbolic status of clubs. More specifically, the article focuses on the cases of the Greenland Shenhua Football Club (Shanghai) and the Sinobo Guoan Football Club (Beijing)...

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Published in:Sport in society 2020-12, Vol.23 (12), p.2078-2098
Main Authors: Jiang, Kaixiao, Bairner, Alan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beijing
China
Clubs
Fandom
Football
Identity
Inheritance
Inheritance and succession
Loyalty
Self concept
Shanghai
Soccer
Sports fans
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