FOOTBALL AND IDENTITIES: THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF ANTWERP AND PARIS THROUGH THEIR IMPACT IN THE PRESS

Authors

  • Juan Antonio Simón Sanjurjo Olympic Studies Centre. Universitàt Autónoma de Barcelona. Edificio N, 08193. Bellaterra (Barcelona) España. Maior grau de titulação: Investigador Contratado Postdoctoral

Keywords:

Olympic Games, Football, Identity, Spain.

Abstract

This article is based on the historical analysis of the most important transformations of the Spanish football in the first half of the twenties, from the study of the performance of the Spanish team in the Olympics in Antwerp (1920) and Paris (1924). This study also aims to analyze the role of press and football in the construction of the national identity and the creation of new sports heroes, in a period of gradual implementation of professionalism in the process of development of mass society.

Author Biography

Juan Antonio Simón Sanjurjo, Olympic Studies Centre. Universitàt Autónoma de Barcelona. Edificio N, 08193. Bellaterra (Barcelona) España. Maior grau de titulação: Investigador Contratado Postdoctoral

Licenciado en Historia por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Licenciado en Documentación por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Doctor en Humanidades por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Profesor Ayudante en el Departamento de Humanidades de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. En la actualidad soy investigador postdoctoral contratado en el Olympic Studies Centre, Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicación y Publicidad. Área de investigación: Historia del deporte y Juegos Olímpicos.

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Published

2013-07-16

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Artigos Originais