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Diego Maradona Pablo Brescia (University of South Florida, USA)

Diego Maradona By Pablo Brescia (University of South Florida, USA)

Diego Maradona by Pablo Brescia (University of South Florida, USA)

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Summary

This is the first book in English to closely examine the life of Diego Maradona from socio-cultural perspectives, exploring how his status as an icon, a popular sporting hero and a political figurehead have been culturally constructed, reproduced, and manipulated.

Diego Maradona Summary

Diego Maradona: A Socio-Cultural Study by Pablo Brescia (University of South Florida, USA)

  • The first book published in either English or Spanish about the cultural significance of Maradona.
  • Covers Maradona as portrayed in fiction literature and cinema, documentary films, non-fiction literature, mass media and music, among other platforms.
  • Includes chapters on Maradona as represented in the culture and media of Argentina, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the UK, highlighting the global appeal of a volume that is already focused on an international figure.
  • By discussing how a sporting icon is constructed, codified, and imagined in popular culture, the book's relevance goes beyond the specific case of Maradona and appeals to any scholars and students interested in the links between sport, culture, and society.

Diego Maradona Reviews

'This text offers much to the academic specialist, the armchair sports watcher and those also interested in the broader issue of fandom and celebrity. With especially strong chapters on the Spanish and Italian dimension of Maradona's career by Garcia Cames and Russo as well as Boyle on Maradona and Britain, the work is destined to have a wide and long-lasting appeal. Brescia and Paz have also opened an avenue of investigation and analysis that could prove valuable in the assessment of other major historical sporting figures most notably Shane Warne, Mohammed Ali, Arthur Ashe and Colin Kaepernick, with respect to gaining a deeper insight into wider manifestations of popular culture and the growing impact of sport in moulding a key component of evolving national identity, socio-political priority and nation-building.'

- Russell Holden, In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy

About Pablo Brescia (University of South Florida, USA)

Pablo Brescia is a writer, critic, and Professor of Spanish at the University of South Florida, USA, where he directs the graduate program and teaches courses on contemporary Latin American literature and culture. His areas of research are the theory and history of short fiction and the intersection among science, technology, and literature in Latin America.

Mariano Paz is a Lecturer in Spanish and Subject Leader for Spanish at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, where he is also an Associate Director of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies. His research focuses on Latin American utopian and dystopian cinemas, science fiction, and popular culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Cultural Significance of Maradona, Part I: Global Maradona, 1. Maradona and Argentina: Four Takes, 2. Maradona and Spain: Mythologies of the Hero Narrative, 3. Maradona and Italy: The Rise and Fall of the Man on His Own, 4. Maradona and Mexico: The Ecstasy and the Agony, 5. Maradona and Britain: An Unforgettable Affair, Part II: Representing Maradona, 6. Maradona and Literature: God Is Only Human, 7. Maradona and Cinema: Biopic, Documentary, Art Film, 8. Maradona and Music: Soundscapes and Echoes of the Maradonian Song, Part III: Reading and Writing Maradona, 9. Spectres of Maradona: Chronicle/Fiction/Autobiography/Film, 10. The Maradona Story: Tropes in Biography and Autobiography, 11. Argentinian Feminisms in the Light (and Shadow) of Maradona, 12. Deifying Diego: The Church of Maradona and Beyond, 13. Writing Maradona, One and All, God, the Era, and the Epic, Language and Tears, Saint Diego Maradona?, M and M, to See or Not to See, Number Ten in Ten, Children of Maradona

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GOR013496743
9781032052090
1032052090
Diego Maradona: A Socio-Cultural Study by Pablo Brescia (University of South Florida, USA)
Pablo Brescia (University of South Florida, USA)
Critical Research in Football
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022-12-01
265
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