RAS Global AffairsЛатинская Америка Latinskaia Amerika

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The Construction of Political Representations around the Football Team of Russia

PII
S0869-54150000339-5-1
DOI
10.7868/S50000339-5-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
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Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 2
Pages
44-57
Abstract
The article is drawn on semi-structured interviews with Muscovite football fans of “Spartak”, “Dynamo”, “Torpedo” and “TsSKA”, conducted in 2014. Based on the concrete case of the relation towards the national football team, this article aims at analyzing its role in the construction of relations toward politics and its expression in the football sphere. First, the article shows how the support towards the national team can act as a catalyst for patriotic feelings. Second, it focuses on how the relation to the national team can lead to the construction of a critical political discourse.
Keywords
Russia, national football team, football clubs, football fans, identification, politicization
Date of publication
15.09.2025
Year of publication
2025
Number of purchasers
8
Views
597

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