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Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain Spanishsoccerisontopoftheworld,atbothinternationalandclublevels,withthe bestteamsandaseeminglyendlesssupplyofexcitingandstylishplayers.While theSpanisheconomystruggles,itssoccerflourishes,deeplyembeddedthroughout Spanishsocialandculturallife.Buttherelationshipbetweensoccer,cultureand societyinSpainiscomplex.Thisfascinating,in-depthstudyshinesnewlighton SpanishsoccerbyexaminingtherolethissportplaysinBasqueidentity,consol- idated in Athletic Club of Bilbao, the century-old soccer club located in the birthplaceofBasquenationalism. AthleticBilbaohasauniqueplayer-recruitmentpolicy,allowingonlyBasque- bornplayersorthosedevelopedattheyouthacademiesofBasqueclubstoplayfor the team, a policy that rejects the internationalism of contemporary globalized soccer. Despite this, the club has never been relegated from the top division of Spanishsoccer.Aparticularlytightbondexistsbetweenthefans,theirclubandthe players,withAthleticrepresentingabeaconofBasquenationalidentity.Thisbook isanethnographyofasoccerculturewhereorigins,ethnicity,nationalism,gender relations,powerandpassion,life-cycleeventsanddeathritualsgainnewmeanings astheybecome,belowandbeyondtheplayingfield,amatterofcreativecontention andcommunalaffirmation. Basedonunique,in-depthethnographicresearch,Soccer,CultureandSociety in Spain investigates how a soccer club and soccer fandom affect the life of a community, interweaving empirical research material with key contemporary themesinthesocialsciences,andplacingthestudyinthewidercontextofSpanish politicalandsportingcultures.Fillingakeygapintheliteratureoncontemporary Spain,andonwidersoccercultures,thisbookisfascinatingreadingforanybody withaninterestinsport,anthropology,sociology,politicalscience,orculturaland genderstudies. MariannVacziisResearchAssociateattheCenterforBasqueStudies,University ofNevada,USA.Sheisaculturalanthropologistfocusingonthesocial,cultural andpoliticaldimensionsofsports,especiallysoccer. Routledge CriticalStudiesinSport Serieseditors:JenniferHargreavesandIanMcDonald UniversityofBrighton,UK TheRoutledgeCriticalStudiesinSportseriesaimstoleadthewayindeveloping the multi-disciplinary field of sport studies by producing books that are interro- gative,interventionistandinnovative.Byprovidingtheoreticallysophisticatedand empirically grounded texts, the series will make sense of the changes and challenges facing sport globally.The series aspires to maintain the commitment andpromiseofthecriticalparadigmbycontributingtoamoreinclusiveandless exploitativecultureofsport. UnderstandingLifestyleSports Consumption,identityanddifference EditedbyBelindaWheaton WhySportsMorallyMatter WilliamJ.Morgan Fastest,Highest,Strongest Acritiqueofhigh-performancesport RobBeamishandIanRitchie Sport,SexualitiesandQueer/Theory EditedbyJayneCaudwell PhysicalCulture,PowerandtheBody EditedbyJenniferHargreavesandPatriciaVertinsky BritishAsiansandFootball Culture,identity,exclusion DanielBurdsey Culture,PoliticsandSport Blowingthewhistlerevisited GarryWhannel OlympicMedia Insidethebiggestshowontelevision AndrewC.Billings Marxism,CulturalStudiesandSport EditedbyBenCarringtonandIanMcDonald TheGayGames Ahistory CarolineSymons TheCulturalPoliticsofLifestyleSports BelindaWheaton CelebrationCapitalismandtheOlympicGames JulesBoykoff Soccer,CultureandSocietyinSpain AnethnographyofBasquefandom MariannVaczi This page intentionally left blank Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain An ethnography of Basque fandom Mariann Vaczi Firstpublished2015 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN andbyRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2015MariannVaczi TherightofMariannVaczitobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeen assertedbyherinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproduced orutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans, nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording, orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissionin writingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanation withoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Acataloguerecordforthisbookhasbeenrequested. ISBN:978-1-138-77830-6(hbk) ISBN:978-1-315-77207-3(ebk) TypesetinTimesNewRoman byFishBooks FortheVáczis This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements xi ‘Butwhy?Welost!’Anintroduction 1 PARTI Passion,communityanddoublebinds 13 1 ‘AnEnglishmancametoBilbao’:asocialhistory ofAthleticClub 15 2 ‘Auniquecaseintheworld’:Basqueexceptionalism andidentitythroughsoccer 37 3 Bilbaocatch-22:passionsanddoublebindsinsoccermadness 55 PARTII Amatterofballs 75 4 Melodramasofmasculinityandmorality 77 5 Fans,writers,leadersandplayers:women’sbreakthroughs insoccer’sgenderregime 93 6 Dangerousliaisons,fatalwomen:thefearandfantasyof soccerwivesandgirlfriendsinSpain 114

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Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain Spanishsoccerisontopoftheworld,atbothinternationalandclublevels,withthe bestteamsandaseeminglyendlesssupplyofexcitingandstylishplayers.While theSpanisheconomystruggles,itssoccerflourishes,deeplyembeddedthroughout Spanishsocialandculturallife.Buttherelationshipbetweensoccer,cultureand societyinSpainiscomplex.Thisfascinating,in-depthstudyshinesnewlighton SpanishsoccerbyexaminingtherolethissportplaysinBasqueidentity,consol- idated in Athletic Club of Bilbao, the century-old soccer club located in the birthplaceofBasquenationalism. AthleticBilbaohasauniqueplayer-recruitmentpolicy,allowingonlyBasque- bornplayersorthosedevelopedattheyouthacademiesofBasqueclubstoplayfor the team, a policy that rejects the internationalism of contemporary globalized soccer. Despite this, the club has never been relegated from the top division of Spanishsoccer.Aparticularlytightbondexistsbetweenthefans,theirclubandthe players,withAthleticrepresentingabeaconofBasquenationalidentity.Thisbook isanethnographyofasoccerculturewhereorigins,ethnicity,nationalism,gender relations,powerandpassion,life-cycleeventsanddeathritualsgainnewmeanings astheybecome,belowandbeyondtheplayingfield,amatterofcreativecontention andcommunalaffirmation. Basedonunique,in-depthethnographicresearch,Soccer,CultureandSociety in Spain investigates how a soccer club and soccer fandom affect the life of a community, interweaving empirical research material with key contemporary themesinthesocialsciences,andplacingthestudyinthewidercontextofSpanish politicalandsportingcultures.Fillingakeygapintheliteratureoncontemporary Spain,andonwidersoccercultures,thisbookisfascinatingreadingforanybody withaninterestinsport,anthropology,sociology,politicalscience,orculturaland genderstudies. MariannVacziisResearchAssociateattheCenterforBasqueStudies,University ofNevada,USA.Sheisaculturalanthropologistfocusingonthesocial,cultural andpoliticaldimensionsofsports,especiallysoccer. Routledge CriticalStudiesinSport Serieseditors:JenniferHargreavesandIanMcDonald UniversityofBrighton,UK TheRoutledgeCriticalStudiesinSportseriesaimstoleadthewayindeveloping the multi-disciplinary field of sport studies by producing books that are interro- gative,interventionistandinnovative.Byprovidingtheoreticallysophisticatedand empirically grounded texts, the series will make sense of the changes and challenges facing sport globally.The series aspires to maintain the commitment andpromiseofthecriticalparadigmbycontributingtoamoreinclusiveandless exploitativecultureofsport. UnderstandingLifestyleSports Consumption,identityanddifference EditedbyBelindaWheaton WhySportsMorallyMatter WilliamJ.Morgan Fastest,Highest,Strongest Acritiqueofhigh-performancesport RobBeamishandIanRitchie Sport,SexualitiesandQueer/Theory EditedbyJayneCaudwell PhysicalCulture,PowerandtheBody EditedbyJenniferHargreavesandPatriciaVertinsky BritishAsiansandFootball Culture,identity,exclusion DanielBurdsey Culture,PoliticsandSport Blowingthewhistlerevisited GarryWhannel OlympicMedia Insidethebiggestshowontelevision AndrewC.Billings Marxism,CulturalStudiesandSport EditedbyBenCarringtonandIanMcDonald TheGayGames Ahistory CarolineSymons TheCulturalPoliticsofLifestyleSports BelindaWheaton CelebrationCapitalismandtheOlympicGames JulesBoykoff Soccer,CultureandSocietyinSpain AnethnographyofBasquefandom MariannVaczi This page intentionally left blank Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain An ethnography of Basque fandom Mariann Vaczi Firstpublished2015 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN andbyRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2015MariannVaczi TherightofMariannVaczitobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeen assertedbyherinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproduced orutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans, nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording, orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissionin writingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanation withoutintenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Acataloguerecordforthisbookhasbeenrequested. ISBN:978-1-138-77830-6(hbk) ISBN:978-1-315-77207-3(ebk) TypesetinTimesNewRoman byFishBooks FortheVáczis This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements xi ‘Butwhy?Welost!’Anintroduction 1 PARTI Passion,communityanddoublebinds 13 1 ‘AnEnglishmancametoBilbao’:asocialhistory ofAthleticClub 15 2 ‘Auniquecaseintheworld’:Basqueexceptionalism andidentitythroughsoccer 37 3 Bilbaocatch-22:passionsanddoublebindsinsoccermadness 55 PARTII Amatterofballs 75 4 Melodramasofmasculinityandmorality 77 5 Fans,writers,leadersandplayers:women’sbreakthroughs insoccer’sgenderregime 93 6 Dangerousliaisons,fatalwomen:thefearandfantasyof soccerwivesandgirlfriendsinSpain 114

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