Football, Identity and Mass Populism in Spanish Society

Abstract

The study is divided into two parts: PART A examines the relationship between Football and Mass Populism in Spain and considers the first Case Study, the national team’s victory over England in the Brazil World Cup, 1950 and it is forthcoming in the Proceedings of the Conference Creativity, Imaginary, Language held at the University of Craiova, Romania in May 2015. PART B examines the implications of Case Studies 2 and 3, Spain’s victories in the European Nations Cup of 1964 and the World Cup of 2010.

Keywords

• football
• identity
• mass populism
• iconography