Fintar o destino: Between the Colonial Bond and a Postcolonial Double-bind
2018; Modern Humanities Research Association; Volume: 34; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/port.2018.0007
ISSN2222-4270
Tópico(s)Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
ResumoThis article addresses Fernando Vendrell's Fintar o destino [Dribbling Fate] (1998) by considering the appropriation of sports by the Portuguese Estado Novo's colonialist ideology and policies (inspired by Gilberto Freyre's lusotropicalist theories).In parallel, it highlights the role that football in particular plays in underwriting and simultaneously undermining affective, cultural, and economic bonds and binds between Cape Verde and Portugal, pre-and post-independence.The connections between former colony and metropolis, as viewed through the lens of the increasingly globalized and commercialized world of football, go beyond (post)colonial nostalgia, as sport may be seenthe emergence of neo-colonial patterns notwithstandingto provide a platform for a reimagining of individual and collective hopes and challenges.
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