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The phenomenon of soccer in some literary texts: Classical and contemporary

Authors :
Victor Gil Castañeda
Source :
Educación Física y Ciencia, Vol 11, Iss 0, Pp 93-103 (2009)
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2009.

Abstract

This article talks about how in the literature history, many authors had shown a profound interest in describing the phenomenon of football soccer, one of the most popular sports on earth. We can see this aspect in pre-Hispanic texts like: Popol Vuh, also in some modern intellectuals like Eduardo Galeano (Uruguayan), in his book: El footboy a sol y sombra. The document also mentioned other literary texts which prominent figures, narrative atmospheres, sail in the aesthetic description of the football

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
15140105 and 23142561
Volume :
11
Issue :
0
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Educación Física y Ciencia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.35d38d5da3ef4fbfa550c848a40a8f54
Document Type :
article