“Punk’s Not Dead, It Lives on The Football Terraces”: Tracing The Legacy of Punk in Subcultural Milieu of The Football Firms

Year 2021, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 142 - 163, 27.12.2021

Hüseyin Serbes

Abstract

Contrary to the popular perception generated by the mainstream media, the notion of ‘football firm’ has a large subcultural milieu. When this subcultural universe is carefully investigated, an enduring legacy of punk attitude is detected. The center of the punk ethos, which provides a snapshot of the political and cultural landscape, is shaped by some aesthetic codes. This paper attempts to bring together the legacy of punk with the supporter subculture. The study, framed from the perspective of Marxist theory, aims to understand the symbols of resistance of youth subcultures with a micro-sociological perspective by focusing on fanzines within the scope of qualitative research design. With the critical discourse analysis carried out in this context, the modern football phenomenon, which destroys the subjectivity of the fans, is investigated. The findings reveal that Punk’s aggressive, rhetorical and satirical aesthetic codes exist in the stands. The discovery of Punk, which offers a subcultural capital against commodification, alienation and commercialized football, may regenerate the praxis of pleasure, poetry, art, imagination, love and revolution on the football terraces.

Keywords

Punk, Subculture, Fans, Football Firms, Fanzine.

“Punk Ölmedi, Tribünlerde Yaşıyor”: Tribün Gruplarının Altkültürel Ortamında Punk Mirasının İzlerini Sürmek

Abstract

Anaakım medyanın oluşturmuş olduğu popüler algının tersine, tribün grubu kavramı, büyük bir altkültürel ortama sahiptir. Bu altkültürel evren, dikkatle soruşturulduğunda punk tavrının bitmek bilmeyen mirasına rastlanır. Politik ve kültürel manzaranın bir enstantanesini sunan punk değerlerinin merkezi bazı estetik kodlarla şekillenir. Bu çalışma, Punk’ın mirası ile taraftarlık altkültürünü bir araya getirmeyi deniyor. Marksist teorinin bakış açısıyla çerçevelenen çalışma, nitel araştırma deseni kapsamında, taraftar fanzinlerini odağa alarak mikro-sosyolojik bir perspektifle gençlik altkültürlerinin direniş sembollerini anlamayı amaçlıyor. Bu kapsamda gerçekleştirilen eleştirel söylem çözümlemesi ile taraftarların öznellik alanlarını yıkıma uğratan modern futbol olgusu soruşturuluyor. Bulgular, Punk’ın agresif, retorik ve hicivli estetik kodlarının tribünlerde var olduğunu ortaya koyuyor. Metalaşmaya, yabancılaşmaya ve ticarileşen futbola karşı bir altkültürel sermaye sunan Punk’ın keşfi, tribünlerde hazzın, şiirin, sanatın, hayal gücünün, aşkın ve devrimin praksisini yeniden yeşertebilir.

Keywords

Punk, Altkültür, Taraftar, Futbol Grupları, Fanzin.

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