The Deprofessionalization of Football
The People's Football Movement in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2349263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zachary T Androus (0000-0001-7756-4996, Florence Ethnographic Field School, Florence, Italy, corresponding author), Lorenzo Giudici (CS Lebowski, Florence, Italy) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 170-183 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0193723518759021 |
| OpenAlex | W2793683709 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
The movement in Italy known as calcio popolare, or people's football, is characterized by the organization of fan owned and managed football teams in local divisions. Growing out of the Italian ultrà phenomenon, calcio popolare marks a fifth phase in the history of the ultrà movement, expressing the alienation from heavily commercialized mass-market professional football felt by fans. This article draws on the authors' direct experience with CS Lebowski, one of the oldest and most successful of the calcio popolare teams, to illustrate the ways in which these teams present implicit and explicit challenges to the current degree of commercialization that characterizes professional football
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |