Ultrà. L'odio metropolitano.

Sports, soccer in particular, could be considered not only a physical activity, but also a sociological phenomenon, with many interesting aspects and social features for social scientists. Hooligans in Great Britain or ultras in Italy show violence against supporters of opposing teams like in a modern battle, with its rituals and ceremonials. Sociological literature has been trying to discover the social meaning of this behaviour in order to solve, or at least to intervene in this form of social, and youth disease. Nowadays, in Italy phenomenon ultras is a big issue because of a long series of violent episodes connected with. Italian supporters Ultras behave aggressively not only against other supporters, but especially against policemen as an institutional symbol. The standpoint of the following analysis considers ultras a sort of political reaction against the status quo, apart from as a symptom of social discontent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]