Abstract
In this article, we will highlight the importance of soccer in the construction of Brazil’s national identity in the 1930s. Our alleged style of play, “art soccer”, was built in dense narratives and surrounded by ideological disputes of different social currents in the 1920s and 1930s waging a debate to define a new ideology and what would be the national identity. We will present here the context that allowed the approach of miscegenation as something positive defining an important moment of the racial issue in Brazil, and to intensely associate such ideology with soccer, especially during the World Cup of 1938. Among the main authors and ideas discussed in this article are respectively Gilberto Freyre and his thinking about national identity and Serge Moscovici and his contribution to the study of social representation. Keywords: soccer, representations, nation.
Highlights
In this article, we will highlight the importance of soccer in the construction of Brazil’s national identity in the 1930s
We will present here the context that allowed the approach of miscegenation as something positive defining an important moment of the racial issue in Brazil, and to intensely associate such ideology with soccer, especially during the World Cup of 1938
Among the main authors and ideas discussed in this article are respectively Gilberto Freyre and his thinking about national identity and Serge Moscovici and his contribution to the study of social representation
Summary
A prática do futebol se espalhou pelos subúrbios e pelas classes sociais menos favorecidas no país. A questão do profissionalismo surgiu imediatamente como uma chance de ascensão social para os jogadores. Os dois principais jogadores da época ganharam fama nacional e demonstraram, por meio do futebol, que o negro adquiria uma importância nunca antes vista no país. Guia, por exemplo, não disputou a competição por ter se destacamos Casa Grande e Senzala de Gilberto Freyre, transferido para o Uruguai, país que já adotava o profis- lançado em 1933, que se coaduna com os pensamentos sionalismo e frequentemente contratava nossos jogadores de que a mestiçagem era o exemplo do “antagonismo que não recebiam para praticar o futebol. 42), a obra possui uma necessário romper com a “cópia”do imaginário da metró- qualidade fundamental: pole; assim, elementos que atuariam como diferenciadores de nossa cultura e estabeleceriam uma distinção frente a [...] ele (Freyre) une a todos, casa grande e senzala, outros povos passaram a ganhar força. Mestiça deixa ainda mais difícil o discernimento entre as fronteiras de cor” (2012, p. 43). Souza (2008) aponta a importância da obra de Freyre no contexto histórico e
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