Football and dictatorship in Uruguay: the mundialito from Bourdieu and Elias

Authors

  • Cristian Damian Maneiro UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/alesde.v3i2.33237

Keywords:

Football, Politics, Configurations, Field.

Abstract

The relationships that can be established between football and politics have been studied both from social sciences as well as from journalism and film industry. This article aims to analyze the case of the copa de oro or mundialito held in Uruguay in 1980, during the dictatorial period, taking as input for analysis two recent documentaries about this event: “Mundialito” (Bednarik; 2010) and “Memorias do chumbo: O futebol em tempos do condor” (De Castro; 2012). Through the theoretical concepts offered by Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu, the shaping of configurations and interdependencies as well as the constitutive and defining struggles among actors embedded in specific fields of action are analyzed in both inputs used. 

Author Biography

Cristian Damian Maneiro, UFPR

Mestrando em Sociologia, Membro Grupo de Pesquisa Esporte, Lazer e Sociedade (UFPR)

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How to Cite

Maneiro, C. D. (2013). Football and dictatorship in Uruguay: the mundialito from Bourdieu and Elias. The Journal of the Latin American Socio-Cultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE), 3(2), 4–14. https://doi.org/10.5380/alesde.v3i2.33237

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Original Papers

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