El fútbol y el héroe posmoderno

The aim of this article is to reveal, through a critical analysis of the discourse,how the leading football player Paolo Guerrero has been built up in differentsporting newspaper articles as a new national hero who is able to incarnate acertain archetypical value (bravery), and introduce him as a lu...

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Main Author: Pahuacho, Alonso
Format: Others
Language:Español
Published: Conexión 2016
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Online Access:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/conexion/article/view/14974/15506
http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/114694
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Summary:The aim of this article is to reveal, through a critical analysis of the discourse,how the leading football player Paolo Guerrero has been built up in differentsporting newspaper articles as a new national hero who is able to incarnate acertain archetypical value (bravery), and introduce him as a lucky essence fromthe Peruvian national character. Through a thoughtful examination of the several discursive strategies often used by the sports press, this virtue is deconstructed in order to find the national ideology which is set up behind it. The spirit of this essay is to denature every attempt of enclosing the idea of a unique national identity in this feature, a representation which most of the sporting announcements are the responsible to show it as an irrefutable truth. === Este artículo se propone revelar, a través del análisis crítico del discurso, cómose construyó la figura del futbolista Paolo Guerrero en los textos periodísticosdeportivos como nuevo héroe nacional capaz de encarnar un valor arquetípicoespecífico (valentía), presentado este como una suerte de esencia del carácternacional peruano. Mediante un examen atento de las distintas estrategias discursivas empleadas por la prensa deportiva, esta virtud es deconstruida a fin deubicar la ideología nacionalista que se instala detrás. El espíritu de este ensayoes, pues, desnaturalizar todo intento de encasillar la idea de una identidadnacional homogénea en esta característica, representación que las enunciacionesdeportivas se encargan de exponer como una verdad casi irrefutable.