Insurgent fandom: an ethnography of crowds and unruly sounds

"Insurgent Fandom offers a behind-the-scenes look at a transnational subculture known to few-ultra. As the most dedicated soccer fans, ultras support their team through collective singing, jumping, flag-waving, and lighting marine flares. While this performative style of support cultivates atmo...

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Main Author: Jack, Max (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024]
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Summary:"Insurgent Fandom offers a behind-the-scenes look at a transnational subculture known to few-ultra. As the most dedicated soccer fans, ultras support their team through collective singing, jumping, flag-waving, and lighting marine flares. While this performative style of support cultivates atmosphere in the arena, author Max Jack argues that it simultaneously serves to protest the capitalistic tendencies of professional sport, informed by ultras' constant friction with the state, the mainstream media, and the commercial priorities of sports' governing bodies. Embracing a politic of dissent at the heart of crowd action, Insurgent Fandom highlights stadia as a breeding ground for alternative social and political possibilities"--
Physical Description:xxii, 223 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197773796
9780197686911

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