Sport as an element to think about Brazil, its formation and its contemporaneity

Authors

  • Cristiano Mezzaroba Universidade Federal de Sergipe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2017v29nespp197

Abstract

This essay aims at analyzing sport as a Brazilian cultural element and its role in society, mainly when associated with social and political movements. Considered an important social object of contemporaneity, sport – especially football, from its historical, sociological and anthropological aspects allows the analysis of nuances that characterize the complex brazilian society. Thus, in this text, the relationship between sport and politics is reflected, bringing up the debate of some analysis regarding the popular demonstrations which occurred in some Brazilian capital cities in 2013 during the Confederations Cup, FIFA’s test event for the 2014 World Cup. In the reflective exercise that was conducted, some ambivalences related to the sport as a constituent of the formation of a Brazilian “society” or “nation” are found based on well-known elaborations surrounding the Brazilian cordiality, the malandragem (attitude) dialectics, the Brazilian way, the dialectics of marginality, and football as a “poison pill”.

Author Biography

Cristiano Mezzaroba, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Doutorando em Educação/UFSCProfessor do Departamento de Educação Física/DEF/CCBS/UFSSão Cristóvão/Sergipe/BrasilE-mail: cristiano_mezzaroba@yahoo.com.brTelefone: 48-9602-5948

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Published

2017-12-08

How to Cite

MEZZAROBA, Cristiano. Sport as an element to think about Brazil, its formation and its contemporaneity. Motrivivência, Florianópolis, v. 29, p. 197–217, 2017. DOI: 10.5007/2175-8042.2017v29nespp197. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/motrivivencia/article/view/2175-8042.2017v29nespp197. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 29 (2017): n. especial

Section

Porta Aberta

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