Understanding the Intersectionality of Nation and Race among Female Sports Fans : Focusing on the “Foreign Football” Fandom in South Korea

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The research aims to analyze how female football fans in South Korea navigate and transform ethnic and racial boundaries within the context of global sports fandom.
Conducted digital ethnography on the X (formerly Twitter) platform.
Utilized in-depth interviews to explore female fans' interactions and subjective experiences.
Female fans deconstruct nationalist sentiments through emotional connections with athletes and collective resistance against racism experienced by Korean players.
Simultaneously, they normalize ethnic and racial discourses, selectively responding to racism, resulting in a dual practice of re-establishing boundaries.

Explores how female fans reshape ethnic and racial boundaries through global football fandom, suggesting a nuanced understanding of nationalism.

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Kim et al. (2026) studied this question.

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