<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Linking the local practices that are used to build an apparently shared identity and generate personal and group attachment towards ʽPersibʼ, a local football club in West Java Indonesia, we examine ʽbobotohʼ that use football and football fan clubs as means of creating an in-group–out-group identity. We examine concepts of fandom, identity construction and masculinity to demonstrate how the bias becomes a unifying element that can provoke conflicts. We argue that ʽbobotohʼ and ʽPersibʼ become one of the most central sites of masculine performance in West Java and socialize Sundanese boys into values, attitudes, and skills valorised as masculine to help facilitate their acceptance into social groups.</p></abstract>

Linking the local practices that are used to build an apparently shared identity and generate personal and group attachment towards ʽPersibʼ, a local football club in West Java Indonesia, we examine ʽbobotohʼ that use football and football fan clubs as means of creating an in-group–out-group identity. We examine concepts of fandom, identity construction and masculinity to demonstrate how the bias becomes a unifying element that can provoke conflicts. We argue that ʽbobotohʼ and ʽPersibʼ become one of the most central sites of masculine performance in West Java and socialize Sundanese boys into values, attitudes, and skills valorised as masculine to help facilitate their acceptance into social groups.

Fan Culture and Masculinity: Identity Construction of Persib Supporters

, Jl. Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21 Jatinangor Sumedang, Jawa Barat

Gender Studies

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Linking the local practices that are used to build an apparently shared identity and generate personal and group attachment towards ʽPersibʼ, a local football...

Fan Culture and Masculinity: Identity Construction of Persib Supporters

Publicado en línea: 01 feb 2020

Páginas: 163 - 178

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2020-0012

Palabras clave
bobotoh, football, identity, masculinity, Persib

© 2020 Tisna Prabasmoro et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Fan Culture and Masculinity: Identity Construction of Persib Supporters

Publicado en línea: 01 feb 2020

Páginas: 163 - 178

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2020-0012

Palabras clavebobotoh, football, identity, masculinity, Persib

© 2020 Tisna Prabasmoro et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
bobotoh, football, identity, masculinity, Persib