Football fans are passionate and devoted followers. They are also
creators and dissenters, performers and producers. This volume
analyses football fandom through the media that fans use to
construct fandom itself. Media is the lifeblood of modern life; it
is the canvas on which ideas are spread, communities are formed and
identities are expressed. Today's fan has an unprecedented variety
of tools in which to express their passion, commune with others,
and become a fan in front of local, regional and global audiences.
The football stadium has always been rife with symbolism. Colourful
scarves and communal songs and chants evoke and display local pride
and distinguish us from them. The Italian football stadium has a
particularly rich history as a place of collective celebration,
mourning, support and political dissent. Over time, Italian fans
have integrated print, radio and television into their rituals of
fandom while modern digital media allows fans to publicise their
identities to global audiences. This volume addresses the beauty
and humour as well as the fear and anger that are conveyed in the
spectrum of media as fans attempt to assert themselves as material
and spiritual 'owners' of the club of their affection. This book
was originally published as a special issue of the journal Soccer
& Society.
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