MUHAMMAD ALI, AN OUTSIDER IN AMERICAN SOCIETY?

Authors

  • Flávio Py Mariante Neto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Carlos Fabre Miranda Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre
  • Mauro Myskiw Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná
  • Marco Paulo Stigger Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Muhammad Ali, boxe, configurações

Abstract

The study analyses the career of the boxer Muhammad Ali according to the formulations on power relations in configurations presented by Norbert Elias. The aim was to understand how an athlete that was against such deep matters of the established society achieved professional success. It is a documental study, with sources such as books, articles and newspaper reports about the boxer’s life. The conclusion is that despite the fact that the boxer opposed established patterns for the time in issues such as religion, racism and patriotism, his above average skill, his self-promotion power and his ability to participate of the game in the configurational context in which he was inserted gave him survival conditions in the boxing world and consequent professional success.

Key-words: Muhammad Ali; Boxing; American Society; Configurations.

 

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Published

2011-05-02

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2-4 (2010)

Section

Artigos Originais