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On foolishness in football
| Resumo: | Football has only acquired its current status because people have reported on it. Without spectatorship, there would not be an art of reporting. Yet there is hardly a topic as difficult to write about as football - with the possible exception of music. This may also be due to the matter itself: as a famous German football quote goes, «the ball is round» (Sepp Herberger). Handling it - whether with feet or with words - is the tricky part. This essay will examine the most outrageous instances of foolishness, inanity, ignorance and brutishness that tend to evolve around the ball - starting with the notion that football constitutes a mirror reflection of society. That kind of kitchen-sink truism legitimates numerous myths and clichés; yet in actual fact, it is social perceptions that are being projected onto football: commercialisation and globalisation are the ruin of football; what was once a worker 's game is now a privilege for the rich; there are either too many foreigners here or too many of us abroad; then there are perceptions specific to nationality or even to race... |
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| Autores principais: | Claussen, Detlev |
| Assunto: | estatuto do futebol percepções sociais clichés sobre futebol football status social perceptions football clichés . |
| Ano: | 2006 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Análise Social |
| Resumo: | Football has only acquired its current status because people have reported on it. Without spectatorship, there would not be an art of reporting. Yet there is hardly a topic as difficult to write about as football - with the possible exception of music. This may also be due to the matter itself: as a famous German football quote goes, «the ball is round» (Sepp Herberger). Handling it - whether with feet or with words - is the tricky part. This essay will examine the most outrageous instances of foolishness, inanity, ignorance and brutishness that tend to evolve around the ball - starting with the notion that football constitutes a mirror reflection of society. That kind of kitchen-sink truism legitimates numerous myths and clichés; yet in actual fact, it is social perceptions that are being projected onto football: commercialisation and globalisation are the ruin of football; what was once a worker 's game is now a privilege for the rich; there are either too many foreigners here or too many of us abroad; then there are perceptions specific to nationality or even to race... |
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