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Much 'more than a club': Football Club Barcelona's contribution to the rise of a national consciousness in Catalonia (2003-2014)
Ist Teil von
Soccer and society, 2019-01, Vol.20 (1), p.103-122
Ort / Verlag
Abingdon: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Taylor & Francis
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In Catalonia, fervour for Football Club Barcelona (Barça) goes well beyond sporting success as the team supports the demands of the stateless nation. Much 'more than a club', Barça is a platform for the expansion of a Catalan national consciousness. At a time when Catalonia is at a critical point in its relations with the Spanish state, claiming the right to national self-determination and presenting the possibility of secession, this paper examines how Barça boosts the strength of Catalan nationalist feelings through dynamics characteristic of the football sphere, such as rituals of group belonging, fandom performances of loyalty, the dramatization of rivalries, the elevation of those achieving sporting success to national icons or the strength of feeling provided by the sports ground. Looking at the period 2003-2014, it concludes that Barça is key in advancing claims that Catalonia is a sovereign nation with the right to decide its political future.