The (de)politicization of football in the narratives about the World Cup in Argentina in 1978

Authors

  • Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Departamento de História UFPR
  • Ernesto Sobocinski Marczal SAE Digital Assessoria Pedagógica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/hist.2021.251.10

Abstract

Considering the intellectual, political and sportive environment of the 70’s, this article analyzes some narratives around the realisation of the Football World Cup in Argentina, in 1978. The narratives found in the media and in left-wing political parties are those prioritized in the analysis. Based on the relation between football, history and politics, the article problematizes the tension between a rational and objective vision of political discourses and the passion imposed by football. The environments are the intellectual
and political confrontations in Argentina and in France, where an international movement of boycott to the World Cup spread from.

Author Biographies

Luiz Carlos Ribeiro, Departamento de História UFPR

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Possui mestrado em História Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (1985) e doutorado em História pela Université de Paris III (1991). Desenvolveu programa de pós-doutorado em 2007/2008 junto a EHESS-École des Haute Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris/França), e em 2013/2014 junto ao Instituto de Ciências Sociais, da Universidade de Lisboa. Coordena o Grupo de Estudos "Futebol e Sociedade". Atualmente coordena projeto financiado pelo CNPq sobre processos migratórios.

Ernesto Sobocinski Marczal, SAE Digital Assessoria Pedagógica

 

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Published

2021-01-04

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2021): Janeiro/Abril

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