Rivalry, Passion and Cooperation between Argentinean Club Supporters

MOREIRA, VERÓNICA; GARRIGA ZUCAL, JOSÉ; HIJÓS, NEMESIA

Football Fans, Rivalry and Cooperation

Routledge

Lugar: Coimbra; Año: 2017; p. 62 - 75

Throughout these fifteen years, we have focused our research on violent practices of the supporters who are part of the Argentine "barras" or "hinchadas" (organized groups of supporters who make violence a sign of identity). They participate in duels in the stands as well as fights that occur in and around football stadiums and other parts of the city. However, we have also identified reciprocal relationships between supporters of different clubs. In this paper we analyze one case about cross-hinchada allies. These alliances are reinterpreted by the members within the system of differences and oppositions noted above