The Football in Brasil: conflicts of society and national self-identity Cover Image

A brazil futball: társadalmi konfliktusok és nemzeti identitás
The Football in Brasil: conflicts of society and national self-identity

Author(s): José Sergio Leite Lopes
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Replika Alapítvány
Keywords: History of Culture; History of Sports; Football;; National Self-Identity; Brasil

Summary/Abstract: The article concentrates on one of the major features that have a pivotal role in forging both the Brazilian self-identity and the image of Brazil in abroad: football, demonstrating that the identity-politics leading to the high esteem of hybridity are encouraged by the state as well.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 47-48
  • Page Range: 101-113
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Hungarian