Humildes, trabajadores y sacrificados. Treinta años de desplazamientos en las representaciones de ser futbolista en Argentina
Based on an ethnographic study of professional soccer teams between 2015 and 2016, this article discusses the changes which have occurred, during the past three decades, in the way Argentinian soccer players thinks of themselves as athletes and of the sport they play. It aims to explain how the two...
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Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá)
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| description | Based on an ethnographic study of professional soccer teams between 2015 and 2016, this article discusses the changes which have occurred, during the past three decades, in the way Argentinian soccer players thinks of themselves as athletes and of the sport they play. It aims to explain how the two central images in the narrative of soccer in Argentina which Eduardo Archetti proposed in 1998 are no longer so important in the minds of the young players of study. On the one hand, the “potrero”, the grassy lot of land where young players were traditionally trained, has been replaced by more formal and structured venues like “barrio clubs” or “little schools”. And, on the other hand, the prototype or model of the Argentinian soccer star –the “pibe” or rough-hewn kid personified by the iconic Maradona and known for his irreverence, creativity and madness– has given way to the “self-sacrificing” and “hard-working” player who see himself as a disciplined professional. Among our findings, we would highlight: a) the centrality of the two new venues for training young players (neighborhood clubs and schools for apprentices); b) the new norms for professionals, which include being humble, working hard and sacrificing themselves in the name of professionalism; and c) The transformation of the above into new forms of power and agency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-adb76f0665c3414798754b9f5c875edb2022-12-22T01:12:11ZengUniversidad de los Andes (Bogotá)Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología1900-54072011-42732018-04-0130658410.7440/antipoda30.2018.04Humildes, trabajadores y sacrificados. Treinta años de desplazamientos en las representaciones de ser futbolista en ArgentinaFederico Czesli0Diego Murzi1Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBased on an ethnographic study of professional soccer teams between 2015 and 2016, this article discusses the changes which have occurred, during the past three decades, in the way Argentinian soccer players thinks of themselves as athletes and of the sport they play. It aims to explain how the two central images in the narrative of soccer in Argentina which Eduardo Archetti proposed in 1998 are no longer so important in the minds of the young players of study. On the one hand, the “potrero”, the grassy lot of land where young players were traditionally trained, has been replaced by more formal and structured venues like “barrio clubs” or “little schools”. And, on the other hand, the prototype or model of the Argentinian soccer star –the “pibe” or rough-hewn kid personified by the iconic Maradona and known for his irreverence, creativity and madness– has given way to the “self-sacrificing” and “hard-working” player who see himself as a disciplined professional. Among our findings, we would highlight: a) the centrality of the two new venues for training young players (neighborhood clubs and schools for apprentices); b) the new norms for professionals, which include being humble, working hard and sacrificing themselves in the name of professionalism; and c) The transformation of the above into new forms of power and agency.https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/antipoda30.2018.04Thesaurus: soccerprofessionalizationAuthor's keywords: social representationspibepotreroArchetti |
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| title | Humildes, trabajadores y sacrificados. Treinta años de desplazamientos en las representaciones de ser futbolista en Argentina |
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| title_sort | humildes trabajadores y sacrificados treinta anos de desplazamientos en las representaciones de ser futbolista en argentina |
| topic | Thesaurus: soccer professionalization Author's keywords: social representations pibe potrero Archetti |
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