Mané Garrincha as a Symbol of the Brazilian National Identity

Authors

  • Tiago Lisboa Bartholo Universidade Gama Filho
  • Antonio Jorge Gonçalves Soares Universidade Gama Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.2092

Keywords:

Soccer. National Identity. Garrincha. Biography.

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of the article is to analyze Garrincha´s biography, a famous player, as an expression of an individual trajectory that embodies meanings about the Brazilian soccer and on "Brazilian people".The empirical materil is Ruy Castro's book(1995) "Estrela solitária: Um brasileiro chamado Garrincha". The lines Writings by the author build the idea that Garrincha is gifted. Its talent is given as innate and it doesn't need to be improved. The indigenous ancestrality is key for the author to interpret the exuberance and simplicity of his game, as its contrary behavior to the social norms and the discipline in the soccer fields.

Keywords: Soccer. National Identity. Garrincha. Biography.

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Author Biographies

Tiago Lisboa Bartholo, Universidade Gama Filho

Professor do Colégio de Aplicação da UFRJ. Mestre em Educação Física pela Universidade Gama Filho. Bolsista CNPq

Antonio Jorge Gonçalves Soares, Universidade Gama Filho

Doutor em Educação Física Professor do PPGEF-UGF Professor da Faculdade de Educação - UFRJ Professor Colaborador do PPGEF-UFES Bolsista do CNPq

Published

2008-11-16

How to Cite

BARTHOLO, T. L.; SOARES, A. J. G. Mané Garrincha as a Symbol of the Brazilian National Identity. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 1, p. 169–191, 2008. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.2092. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/2092. Acesso em: 23 apr. 2025.

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