Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly Sounds

by Jack

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 some characterize ultras as hooligans, author Max Jack argues that ultras' performative style of support is in part a protest informed by the ultras' constant friction with the state, the mainstream media,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197686915
• ISBN13: 9780197686911
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages