PELÉ, FOOTBALL AND DICTATORSHIP

A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTARY “PELÉ”

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpp.v24.68152

Keywords:

Pelé, Football, Configuration, Dictatorship

Abstract

This text is a critical review of the documentary “Pelé”, released by Netflix in February 2021. The work presents Pelé's football career between the 1958 and 1970 World Cups and, for that, shows the tensions surrounding the personage and the Brazilian political context. Based on these reflections and on his recurring comparison with Muhammad Ali, we ask: Why did Pelé take a non-combative position in relation to political issues of his time? Based on the civilizing process theory, we sought to respond in observance of the power relations, which placed Pelé as a member of the established society, and the social configuration that, formed by football / sport, State and people, and the governance of a regime authoritarian and violent, decreased the degrees of freedom for Pelé. 

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Daniel Giordani Vasques, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutor em Ciências do Movimento Humano (UFRGS), Licenciado e Mestre em Educação Física (UFSC). Professor do Departamento de Expressão e Movimento do Colégio de Aplicação da UFRGS.

Flávio Py Mariante Neto, Universidade Luterana do Brasil - ULBRA.

Doutor e Mestre em Ciências do Movimento Humano (UFRGS), Licenciado em Educação Física (UFRGS). Professor Adjunto da Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA).

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Published

2021-12-23

How to Cite

GIORDANI VASQUES, D. .; MARIANTE NETO, F. P. PELÉ, FOOTBALL AND DICTATORSHIP: A REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTARY “PELÉ”. Pensar a Prática, Goiânia, v. 24, 2021. DOI: 10.5216/rpp.v24.68152. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fef/article/view/68152. Acesso em: 18 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 24 (2021)

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Resenhas

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