Hooligans, Ultras, Activists : Polish Football Fandom in Sociological Perspective

This book is the first comprehensive attempt to identify the deeper causes that have shaped contemporary behaviour patterns and motivations among football fans in Poland. Fan culture in Poland has long been based on a distinctively grassroots, spontaneous movements that ruled out any cooperation wit...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Kossakowski, Radosław
Formaat: Livre numérique
Taal:Anglais
Gepubliceerd in: Cham : Springer International Publishing [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Reeks:Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
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Online toegang:Accès sur la plateforme Springer
Accès Université d'Orléans
Opmerking: Springer e-books europe centrale (Licence nationale)
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Edition sous un autre format:• Hooligans, Ultras, Activists, Texte imprimé, 9783030566067
• Hooligans, Ultras, Activists, Texte imprimé, 9783030566081
• Hooligans, Ultras, Activists, Texte imprimé, 9783030566098
Inhoudsopgave:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A short history of Polish fandom: Communism, post-transformation violence, and the division of functions
  • 3. 'You have to scream your head off!': Structural dimensions of fan cultures in Poland
  • 4. Organised fights, moving coalitions, strict rules: The hermetic world of Polish hooligans
  • 5. Resistance as identity in Polish football: Legal restrictions and the civilisation of the stadium
  • 6. The meaning of 'We': Commitment, narratives, and sense of belonging in Polish fandom
  • 7. The rise of the Ultras in Poland.: The performative dimension of fandom
  • 8 Activism, collective action, and supporters associations: The new face of Polish football fandom.