Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 863378
Survivors in the Water – The Case of the Croatian Water Polo Team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
Survivors in the Water – The Case of the Croatian Water Polo Team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics // 51st World Congress of Sociology of Sport: Sports, Global Development, and Social Change
Budimpešta, 2016. str. 32-33 (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, ostalo)
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Naslov
Survivors in the Water – The Case of the Croatian Water Polo Team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
Autori
Bartoluci, Sunčica
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo
Izvornik
51st World Congress of Sociology of Sport: Sports, Global Development, and Social Change
/ - Budimpešta, 2016, 32-33
Skup
51st World Congress of Sociology of Sport: Sports, Global Development, and Social Change
Mjesto i datum
Budimpešta, Mađarska, 08.06.2016. - 12.06.2016
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Ključne riječi
national identity, nationalism, water polo
Sažetak
The goal of this paper is to analyze the changing role and importance of high performance sport through the case of water polo at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (when the Croatian Water Polo Team won the silver medal) as a process of shaping national identity in Croatian society. In order to analyse this case, several different methods have been used including: six semi-structured interviews with athletes, content analysis and discourse analysis of media and documents. Winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympic was almost less important as the result of the match whichwas called the "war-game". It was the first official match between Croatian and Yugoslav teams (composed of Serbian and Montenegrin players) after the declaration of independence of the Republic of Croatia and the 5-years war between former Yugoslav countries. The Croatian team victory over the Yugoslav water polo team was considered "more precious than gold" for most of the public which helps confirm the thesis about sport serving as a form of war by other means in times of peace. Despite the tradition and continuity of results, water polo is no longer as popular in Croatian society compared to basketball or football. However, the results achieved in water polo played an important role in the process of building and shaping national identity in Croatian society, especially in the 1990s, years crucial for the constitution of Croatia as nation-state.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Sociologija
