"I minatori alla conquista del calcio. Modernizzazione sportiva e costruzione identitaria nel mondo operaio francese"

Marion Fontaine (1)

1 CNELIAS - Centre Norbert Elias

Considering the case of the region of Lens, the article means to understand how soccer became the basic element in the identification of themselves for those miners. Focusing on the articulation of the institutional organization and on the appropriation by the workers' community, there will be analyzed forms of organization and representation by which an identity based on sport takes evidence. An identity without an obvious result, its development will be analyzed step by step: the characterization of soccer growth limits between the two wars; checking the reasons why miners invested mainly on this sport; at last, a reflection on the way soccer interacts in the community life.

Mots clés: football; identity; miners

Mots clés: calcio; costruzione identitaria; monde operaio

Domaines: Histoire

Marion Fontaine. "I minatori alla conquista del calcio. Modernizzazione sportiva e costruzione identitaria nel mondo operaio francese". Memoria e Ricerca, Rivista di storia contemporanea, 2008, n°27, p. 63-77. ⟨halshs-00645248⟩