Ultra : the underworld of Italian football
Jones, Tobias2020
Book
Italy's ultras are the most organised and violent fans in European football. Many groups have evolved into criminal gangs, involved in ticket-touting, drug-dealing and murder. A cross between the Hells Angels and hooligans, they're often the foot-soldiers of the Mafia and have been instrumental in the rise of the far-right. But the purist ultras say that they are are insurgents fighting against a police state and modern football. Only amongst the ultras, they say, can you find belonging, community and a sacred concept of sport. They champion not just their teams, they say, but their forgotten suburbs and the dispossessed. Through the prism of the ultras Jones crafts a compelling investigation into Italian society and its favourite sport.
Main title:
Ultra : the underworld of Italian football / Tobias Jones.
Author:
Jones, Tobias, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2020.
Collation:
xxvii, 401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and filmography.
Awards:
The Telegraph Sports Awards 2020 Football Book of the Year
ISBN:
9781786697370 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.3340945796.334094
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2955889