Futebol. Notatki
Futebol. Notes

Summary/Abstract: In an environment as highly hierarchized as Brazilian society, space created by football opens up the possibility of unhampered and individualised expression; here, everyone can demonstrate his talents and weaknesses. Victory won thanks to aptness and own achievements is a “miracle” of sorts that has no chances of being repeated in ossified Brazilian society. It can appear only in a space open to individual expression: the widely comprehended space of the “game” in futebol but also the samba, the carnival, the umbanda, and art, where individuality rules. Futebol also expresses the tension between destiny, i.e. a collective and impersonal force, and individual desire that aims at breaking the social chain of poverty and at liberation from the feeling of defeat. The game of futebol – or rather: futebol as a game – remains thus in the very centre of powerful folk dramaturgy.

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