Barrismo e hincha: importancia de los símbolos, significados de violencia y rol de la familia en los procesos identitarios de fanáticos de equipos de fútbol.

Abstract

The present research seeks to know the difference identity diverse processes between barristas fans or those belonging to a grandstand and common fans of a football team, in addition to the importance of the team's symbols, the violence meanings and the family role in the fanatic process.This through a qualitative methodology, specifically a narrative biographical method, useful to know the subjectivities experiences throughout life; using two instruments which are the open in-depth interview, and discussion group, in addition taking as theoretical input the Theory of Social Identity developed by Henri Tajfel, the Self-categorization of the Self, developed by John Turner and the discourse and its meanings from Jerome Bruner.This research was carried out with 4 participants: a fan and a barrista from Millonarios, and a fan and barrista from Santa Fe; Colombian football teams from the city of Bogota. We founded that one of the most notable differences between the identity processes of barristas and fans is the devoted time to fanaticism and its incidence on personality and lifestyle, however, both groups appropriate the allusive symbols of their team as own and in the case of the barristas, the allusive elements to the grandstand are also appropriated, this identity is put to the test at the "critical" moments of the team. In addition, in contrast to the theory it was found that both, barristas and fans, are against violent acts in fanaticism for soccer teams, however, all participants recognize that violence plays a role and has a reason for being within of the grandstand. Finally, the family role is significant in all the researched participants, since this taste for a football team was born in the family nucleus and stands out the interest in perpetuating the preference and identity for the team to future generations.