Open AccessTHE ROLE OF FOOTBALL IN THE GREEK POST WAR SOCIETY THROUGH THE PRISM OF ANDREAS FRANGIAS’ NOVEL PEOPLE AND HOUSES
Author(s) -
Tamara Kostić Pahnoglu,
Tatjana Cvetković
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
facta universitatis. series: physical education and sport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0496
pISSN - 1451-740X
DOI - 10.22190/fupes200709052k
Subject(s) - football , entertainment , enthusiasm , spanish civil war , passion , faith , period (music) , political science , prism , media studies , history , sociology , law , aesthetics , psychology , art , social psychology , philosophy , physics , theology , optics
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of football in the lives of the novel’s characters, in what way football is represented in Greek society in the early post war period, as well as to which extent this role is similar to the role of football in current society. It turned out that that role was extremely big, football was the only possibility for entertainment and relaxation, but also much more than that. Football matches were a place of gathering and strengthening of unity, an opportunity to belong to the community and to be accepted, but also a source of faith and hope for a better future and a place where the people could still win with the same zeal with which they looked at war victories. Nowadays, fan enthusiasm and belonging to a team are equally pronounced, but football now shares its social role from the post-war period with other sports that have become accessible to the public. The fact is, however, that no other sport has surpassed the love and passion for football.