Ultras

The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom

Mark Doidge, Radoslaw Kossakowski, Svenja-Maria Mintert

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English

Manchester University Press
12 April 2022

Sociology: sport & leisure; Social & cultural anthropology; Sporting events, tours & organisations; Football (Soccer, Association football)

Series: Manchester University Press

Since its emergence in Italy in 1968, one model of football fandom has become the most dominant in the world: the ultras.

Producing complex 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, unity and harmonisation not only distinguish ultras from other football fans, but from many other forms of group behaviour. By focusing on the common form of expression through the performance of choreographies, chants and sustained support throughout the match, this book shows how members build an emotional attachment to their club that valorises the colours and symbols of that team while mobilising members against opponents.

This volume seeks to make a clear theoretical shift in studies of football fandom by asking fundamental sociological questions concerning group formation, collective performance and emotional relationships. As a collective that pride themselves on having 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.

By: Mark Doidge, Radoslaw Kossakowski, Svenja-Maria Mintert
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 331g
ISBN: 9781526163714
ISBN 10: 1526163713
Series: Manchester University Press
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 12 April 2022
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 -- .

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 -- .

Reviews for Ultras: The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom

'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 -- .