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Acontecimento e trajetória de vida: a construção de uma celebridade carismática // Event and life trajectory: the construction of a charismatic celebrity

2012; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA; Volume: 10; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.9771/1809-9386contemporanea.v10i2.5957

1809-9386

Paula Guimarães Simões,

Physical Education and Sports Studies

This paper aims at discussing the end of Ronaldo Nazario de Lima’s career as a soccer player, an event that promoted biographic reports. The analytic grid has three categories: description; narration; and constitution of publics. The analysis of Ronaldo’s “symbolic death” allows apprehending his life route as well as the values and gifts attached to his image – and which configure him as a charismatic celebrity.