TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Riot in the Curve: Soccer Fans in Twenty-first Century Italy
JO  - Soccer and society
A1  - Guschwan, Matthew
SP  - 250
EP  - 266
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - Italian soccer (aka football, or in Italian, calcio) fans are called tifosi, a nickname that equates their passion to the typhoid fever. This article gives a brief history of the ultras, the groups of hardcore tifosi that cheer, sing, protest and occasionally fight at soccer stadiums in Italy. These fans enact cultural performances that reflect Italian society and push society to change. The article decsribes the rivalry between Roman clubs A. S. Roma and S. S. Lazio as a prime example of a cultural performance. Italian Ultras culture is constantly evolving in response to changing economic and cultural conditions and opportunities. This article critiques these practices during the first part of the 21st century.<p /> 
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SN  - 1466-0970
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14660970701224467
ID  - ref1
ER  -