Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans
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Simon Meier-Vieracker
Abstract
By the example of invective football fan protests against the entrepreneur Dietmar Hopp in winter 2020 and their accompanying and subsequent reflection in digital media, this chapter analyses the dynamics of invective and metainvective discourse in football fan culture. In the course of the protests, Hopp was insulted as “Hurensohn” (sonofabitch) on fan banners which, however, are in an intertextual network of references with earlier protest actions. It is shown that the responsible fans claim self-referentiality of invectives in football which, from a discourse-analytical perspective, can be linked to Judith Butler’s distinction between mention and use. This self-referentiality is shaped and also transformed by the affordances of digital media, which not only open up broader spaces of resonance and dissemination for invectives in football but also for critical metainvective reflection.
Abstract
By the example of invective football fan protests against the entrepreneur Dietmar Hopp in winter 2020 and their accompanying and subsequent reflection in digital media, this chapter analyses the dynamics of invective and metainvective discourse in football fan culture. In the course of the protests, Hopp was insulted as “Hurensohn” (sonofabitch) on fan banners which, however, are in an intertextual network of references with earlier protest actions. It is shown that the responsible fans claim self-referentiality of invectives in football which, from a discourse-analytical perspective, can be linked to Judith Butler’s distinction between mention and use. This self-referentiality is shaped and also transformed by the affordances of digital media, which not only open up broader spaces of resonance and dissemination for invectives in football but also for critical metainvective reflection.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
