Discourses and practices of resistance to "modern football": critical and ideological aspects

• Grant number: 15/16900-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2015
• End date: October 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications
• Principal Investigator: Felipe Tavares Paes Lopes
• Grantee: Felipe Tavares Paes Lopes
• Host Institution: Pró-Reitoria Acadêmica. Universidade de Sorocaba (UNISO). Sorocaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to answer the following question: to what extent and how the discourses and practices of resistance to "modern football" undermine or, on the contrary, establish and sustain relations of domination? To answer this question, I will use the theoretical and methodological framework developed by John B. Thompson. This research will be divided into three stages: at first, I will analyze the socio-historical context of the emergence and development of "modern football", focusing on the relations of domination that characterize it. Secondly, I will discuss the meanings which were mobilized by the discourses and practices of resistance to "modern football". Thirdly, I will seek to explain the possible connections between these meanings and the relationships of domination that characterize the context analyzed in the first part of the research. My interest in developing this research is due, among other things, the relevance and urgency of the debate about the commercialization and gentrification process of Brazilian football. Furthermore, this research focus on the movement of resistance to this process, addressing an even little explored topic in the scientific literature. (AU)