Football, Fascism and Fandom The UltraS of Italian Football
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Biografisk notat
Gary Armstrong is a Reader in the School of Sport and Education, Brunel University, London, and author of Football Hooligans (Berg). Alberto Testa is a Lecturer in the Social Sciences of Sport at Brunel University, London.a highly original and empirically rich study on the inner life-world of two of the most renowned groups of Italian neo-fascist football supporters, the Boys and Irriducibili of the Rome-based teams AS Roma and SS Lazio respectively
- Jonah Bury, Sport in Society
a unique and important contribution to the understanding of Italian hardcore fan culture by providing interviews and insights into this controversial, yet little known, subculture
- Matthew Guschwan, Sociology of Sport
a text that has no equal. The authors had unprecedented access to the inner workings of each organisation…intriguing, thought-provoking, and academic at the same time. Think of it as the Donnie Brasco of Italian football
International Soccer Network
interesting and insightful…a journey into the heart of an otherwise shrouded society of extremely loyal and stoic neo-fascist groups
blurbhack.com
a factual and open report on the hardcore UltraS…The great success of the book is showing the depth behind the UltraS, not just their politics but the people who are the driving force behind their actions
Forsa Italian Football