Journal article
La passione calcistica degli italiani in Australia [The football passion of Italians in Australia]
Altreitalie, Vol.48, pp.81-101
2014
Abstract
This article considers some of the results of an oral history project conducted in Sydney, on the importance of football (soccer) in migrants' lives. Through the analysis of 32 interviews with Italians who migrated to Australia in the postwar period, and with their children, the article aims to demonstrate the importance of football in the historical study of Italian communities abroad. The article focuses in particular on those themes that are central to the memories and reflections of the interviewees. These include the importance of their football passion, the role played by soccer in processes of adaptation and integration, the construction of complex identities through football fandom and sporting activities, and the proud awareness of the contribution of Italians to the development of football in Australia.
Details
- Title
- La passione calcistica degli italiani in Australia [The football passion of Italians in Australia]
- Authors
- Francesco Ricatti (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessMatthew Klugman (Author) - Victoria University
- Publication details
- Altreitalie, Vol.48, pp.81-101
- Publisher
- Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli
- Date published
- 2014
- ISSN
- 1120-0413
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2014 Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli. Reproduced here with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
- Language
- Italian
- Record Identifier
- 99448780302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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