Nuhrat, Yagmur2024-07-182024-07-1820180094-04961548-1425https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12673https://hdl.handle.net/11411/7812Soccer in Turkey has in recent decades become increasingly commodified. This process has been reinforced by a national law passed in 2011 that promises to prevent violence in the stands and civilize fandom. For upper-middle-class fans, the new cleaned-up version of soccer secures class distinction, but among less affluent and working-class fans, it has inspired resistance. Class conflict is here indexed through contestations over what it means to be a true fan and especially the quality of one's love for the team. Working-class fans often describe their love as maddening or self-sacrificing, while more affluent fans, sponsors, and administrators associate love with consumption. In the context of increasing political repression, fan resistance to commodification is discursively entangled with love and violence.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessSoccerLoveAffectResistanceSocial ClassCommodificationTurkeyFootballSportPoliticsArticle2-s2.0-8505184143910.1111/amet.126734043Q139245Q1WOS:000452289400007