Ultras Counter-Modernity and Conflict in Contemporary Football

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https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica2021.i52.a48701

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Ultras, Supporters, Politics, Football, Counter-Modernity

Abstract

Hated and Proud is the result of Mark Dyal’s ethnographic research with the Roma’s Ultras supporters. This work presents in detail the performative components of this modality of cheering in the stadiums around that country, as well as other traits of their everyday life experience. In addition, the book unravels the Ultras’ categories aiming to reflect about the patterns and senses that conform their morality. From the theoretical point of view, Dyal proposes to approach the political issues in these groups with the purpose of making visible their social relations with their Others: other fans, the State, and any other agents in football, unveiling their counter-Modern condition. Published in 2018, this work went unnoticed by the Brazilian public although it introduced a theoretical framework that could renew the interest on fan groups and its practices of supporting based in Brazil.

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Vinícius Teixeira Pinto, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Mestre em Antropologia Social pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2015). Bacharel em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (2011). Membro do Grupo de Antropologia da Economia e da Política.

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2021-08-04

How to Cite

Pinto, V. T. (2021). Ultras Counter-Modernity and Conflict in Contemporary Football. Antropolítica - Revista Contemporânea De Antropologia, (52). https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica2021.i52.a48701

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