Maradona entre la tierra y el cielo

  • Marcello Serra Universidad Carlos III
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CIYC.2015.v20.49538
Keywords: Maradona, football, hero, Victor Hugo Morales.

Abstract

Years after his retirement as a professional football player, Diego Armando Maradona still remains at the centre of idolatric practices. Starting from this consideration, the present article reconstructs the Argentinian discourse on football and describes the reasons for which the figure of Maradona appears to be a prototype of the so called “fútbol criollo” and the embodiment of certain national values, thus leading to his status as an idol and icon of popular culture.

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Published
2015-07-03
How to Cite
Serra M. (2015). Maradona entre la tierra y el cielo. CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, 20, 13-25. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CIYC.2015.v20.49538
Issue
Vol. 20 (2015): Ídolos e iconos en la semiosfera mediática
Section
Monograph

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