
Ultras
The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom
Manchester University Press
Published on 12. April 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-5261-6371-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since its emergence in Italy in 1968, one model of football fandom has become the most dominant in the world: the ultras. Producing choreography, chants, banners and pyrotechnics, ultras represent a highly organised style of fandom that has an increasing global reach and visibility. Over the last fifty years, ultras fandom has spread from Southern Europe across North Africa to Northern and Eastern Europe, South East Asia and North America. Their collective performance not only distinguishes ultras from other football fans, but from many other forms of group behaviour. Focusing on their common form of expression, this book shows how members build an emotional attachment to their club that valorises the insignia of that team while mobilising members against opponents. As a collective with a shared, coherent sense of identity based on an act of consumption, ultras represent an important site of enquiry into masculinity and nationalism in contemporary society. -- .
Reviews / Votes
'Ultras The passion and performance of contemporary football fandom by Mark Doidge, Radoslaw Kossakowski & Svenja Mintert sheds light on the very complex subculture of ultras, which makes it a highly welcome addition to the existing sociological studies on ultras and football fandom. 'idrotts forum -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-6371-4 (9781526163714)
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Mark Doidge | Radoslaw Kossakowski | Svenja-Maria Mintert
Ultras
The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom
E-Book
01/2020
1st Edition
Manchester University Press
€44.99
Available for download

Mark Doidge | Radoslaw Kossakowski | Svenja-Maria Mintert
Ultras
The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom
E-Book
01/2020
1st Edition
Manchester University Press
from
€44.99
Available for download
Persons
Mark Doidge is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Brighton
Radoslaw Kossakowski is Assistant Professor at the University of Gdansk
Svenja-Maria Mintert is Professor for Business and Sports Marketing at the Fresenius University in Hamburg -- .
Radoslaw Kossakowski is Assistant Professor at the University of Gdansk
Svenja-Maria Mintert is Professor for Business and Sports Marketing at the Fresenius University in Hamburg -- .
Content
Introduction
1 The ultras' performance
2 It's only a game? Centralising emotions in football fandom
3 The formation of the ultras
4 Social media as a space of continuous performance
5 Ultras and the performance of gender
6 Violence and the world of the ultras
7 Ultras and politics
The ultras: a conclusion
References
Index -- .
1 The ultras' performance
2 It's only a game? Centralising emotions in football fandom
3 The formation of the ultras
4 Social media as a space of continuous performance
5 Ultras and the performance of gender
6 Violence and the world of the ultras
7 Ultras and politics
The ultras: a conclusion
References
Index -- .