The phenomenon of organized supporters of football in Brazil – theoretical and bibliographical elements

Authors

  • Everton Albuquerque Cavalcanti UFPR
  • Juliano de Souza UFPR
  • André Mendes Capraro UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/alesde.v3i1.29671

Keywords:

Organized supporters, Lifestyle, Violence.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to address the phenomenon of organized supporters in Brazil, unveiling some of the logics underlying the ‘lifestyles’ of its members and their behaviors, sometimes guided by physical and voiced violence against rival fans. For this, delimited to resumption of some historical and structural processes inherent sociability fans, discussing the reasons why social interaction can create conflicts between groups. The argument is substantiated in the academic literature in the area to establish a conversation between the major works on the subject. Among other things, violence among organized supporters can be characterized as hostile rivalry that causes an imbalance when organized supporters of different clubs meet for the city before a match. The tension-excitement that football enables individuals concerned in the breaking of socially accepted behavior, generating violent acts.

Author Biographies

Everton Albuquerque Cavalcanti, UFPR

Mestre em Educação Física pela UFPR.
Centro de Pesquisa em Esporte, Lazer e Sociedade (CEPELS).
Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioculturales del Deporte (ALESDE).
Núcleo de Estudos Futebol e Sociedade.
Universidade Federal do Paraná – Curitiba – Brasil.

Juliano de Souza, UFPR

Aluno do programa de Pós-Graduação (Doutorado) em Educação Física da UFPR.
Centro de Pesquisa em Esporte, Lazer e Sociedade (CEPELS).
Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioculturales del Deporte (ALESDE).
Universidade Federal do Paraná – Curitiba – Brasil

André Mendes Capraro, UFPR

Doutor em História.
Centro de Pesquisas em Esporte, Lazer e Sociedade (CEPELS).
Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioculturales del Deporte (ALESDE).
Membro do Núcleo de Estudos Futebol e Sociedade.
Docente dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física e História da Universidade Federal do Paraná – Curitiba – Brasil.

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Published

2013-02-07

How to Cite

Cavalcanti, E. A., Souza, J. de, & Capraro, A. M. (2013). The phenomenon of organized supporters of football in Brazil – theoretical and bibliographical elements. The Journal of the Latin American Socio-Cultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE), 3(1), 39–51. https://doi.org/10.5380/alesde.v3i1.29671

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Review papers

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