{"product_id":"ultras-the-passion-and-performance-of-contemporary-football-fandom-9781526163714","title":"Ultras: The Passion and Performance of Contemporary Football Fandom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eUltras are the most dominant model of football fandom, producing choreography, chants, banners, and pyrotechnics. They have spread from Southern Europe to North Africa, Northern and Eastern Europe, South East Asia, and North America, and represent an important site of enquiry into masculinity and nationalism. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 232 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12 April 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 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 organized 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 behavior. Focusing on their common form of expression, this book shows how members build an emotional attachment to their club that valorizes the insignia of that team while mobilizing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its emergence in Italy in 1968, one model of football fandom has become the most dominant in the world: the ultras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProducing choreography, chants, banners, and pyrotechnics, ultras represent a highly organized style of fandom that has an increasing global reach and visibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir collective performance not only distinguishes ultras from other football fans but from many other forms of group behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on their common form of expression, this book shows how members build an emotional attachment to their club that valorizes the insignia of that team while mobilizing members against opponents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 234 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781526163714\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Doidge,Radoslaw Kossakowski,Svenja-Maria Mintert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44099568107770,"sku":"9781526163714","price":15.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1650631561213_book.jpg?v=1650747075","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/ultras-the-passion-and-performance-of-contemporary-football-fandom-9781526163714","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}