Cairo's Ultras (eBook)

Resistance and Revolution in Egypt’s Football Culture

Ronnie Close (Autor)

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2019
200 Seiten
The American University in Cairo Press (Verlag)
9781617979583 (ISBN)

Infos

The history of Cairo’s football fans is one of the most poignant narratives of the 25 January 2011 Egyptian uprising. The Ultras Al-Ahly and the Ultras White Knights fans, belonging to the two main teams, Al-Ahly F.C. and Zamalek F.C respectively, became embroiled in the street protests that brought down the Mubarak regime. In the violent turmoil since, the Ultras have been locked in a bitter conflict with the Egyptian security state. Tracing these social movements to explore their role in the uprising and the political dimension of soccer in Egypt, Ronnie Close provides a vivid, intimate sense of the Ultras’ unique subculture.

Inhalt

CONTENTS



Acknowledgments vii



Introduction 1



1. Football, Nationalism, and Spectacle 7



2. The Catastrophe Apparatus 35



3. Hooligan Days of Sporting Dissensus 71



4. The Aesthetic Economy of Revolution 105



5. Ultras Utopia, Bodies of Possibility 135



6. Errant Futures (#trash_ahlawy) 165



Notes 191



Glossary 207



Bibliography 209



Index 219

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.9.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 21 b/w photographs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• ISBN-13: 9781617979583 / 9781617979583