Spanish Football and Social Change

Ramón Llopis-Goig is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Valencia, Spain. He is co-author of Groove Armada with John Williams (2006) and he has published a collection of papers on the globalisation of football in Europe and Latin America entitled Fútbol Postnacional (2009).

Introduction 1. Spaniards' Secular Ritual 2. Historical Configuration 3. Team Identification and Football Culture 4. The Decline of the Spanish Fury 5. The Metamorphosis of the Football Clubs 6. Detraditionalization, Hyperconsumption and Ambivalence 7. Inductor Masculinities 8. Hooligans, Ultras and Vandals 9. Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance Conclusions and Epilogue