The concept of loyalty and the challenge of internationalisation in post-modern Spanish Football

Bibliographic Data

ID12935972
AuthorsJuan Carlos Castillo (0000-0002-8631-4291, University of Northern Iowa, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume20
Issue1
Pages23-40
Publication date2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Iberian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1758-9150 • E-ISSN: 1364-971X
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/ijis.20.1.23_1
OpenAlexW1986515773
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited14

Some aspects of what Giulianotti has called the post-modern era of football are studied in the context of Spain. The changing relations among players, clubs and fans are studied around the concept of loyalty, first between players and fans, second between players and clubs, and third between fans and clubs. Post-modern football has eroded those kinds of loyalty; however, whereas Spanish football shows typical symptoms, there are pockets of resistance where traditional relations are valorised, maintained and even commodified. The article also touches on issues crucial to contemporary Spanish culture, such as regional rivalries, identity, globalisation and nationalism

Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Business · Commodification · Context (archaeology · Economics · Economy · Football · Globalization · Identity (music · Internationalization · Loyalty · Media studies · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports and Physical Education Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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