Argentina's National Style

Maradona, Peronism, and Metaphysical Football

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ID2349385
AutoresAdriana Novoa (0000-0002-4244-7623, University of South Florida), Robert Koch (0000-0002-5152-1039)
Año2023
Volumen47
Número2
Páginas158-181
Fecha de publicación2023-04-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/01937235221134607
OpenAlexW4311104779
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

This essay analyzes how Peronist politics explain the emergence of Diego Maradona as a player that represented authentic Argentine football. We explain how the political radicalism popular during his formative years impacted his role in affirming Argentina's national style of play. In doing so, this article also engages scholarship that historicizes the myths of his nation's football. We analyze Maradona's development as a historically situated phenomenon, and argue that, through Peronism, he understood this sport as a metaphysical game that expressed class struggle and the emancipatory aspirations of the poor boys who were seen as creators of the national style. By this, we mean that he focused on the ball and the relationship he was able to establish with it to question reality, possibilities, and even its existence, creating an experience for spectators that was different and sublime, that made football more than a sport

Aesthetics · Art · Football · Literature · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Situated · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Style (visual arts · Sublime · Gender Studies · Law · Physical Education and Sports Studies · Sports and Physical Education Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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