The construction of other in football. Identity and otherness in the songs of Argentinian supporters
In this article I analyze representations about otherness present in Argentine footballchants. Social representations about “us” and “others” are staged in these songs and areconstructed through a dichotomous and exclusive logic of representation. Supportersdo not recognize the discriminatory nature...
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/CAS/article/view/3733 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cantropo&d=3733_oai |
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| Sumario: | In this article I analyze representations about otherness present in Argentine footballchants. Social representations about “us” and “others” are staged in these songs and areconstructed through a dichotomous and exclusive logic of representation. Supportersdo not recognize the discriminatory nature of the insults in the songs because theaffronts in general are part of the performance and their interpretations are based onthe dichotomous logic of “aliento”, (support). Thus, for the supporters, these insults are not serious and are part of “football folklore”. My research focuses on the study ofthe logic of the cultural phenomenon of “aliento” and its articulation with our society’ssocial, historical and cultural processes. I perform a discursive analysis of 500 songs,interviews and participant observation with fans of 26 Argentine clubs. I discuss firstthe main characteristics of supporters’ songs and the “aliento”, and then analyze theconstructions of otherness at the existential, cultural and social levels. |
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