Naslov
Croatian basketball in contemporary society – where has national identity disappeared?

Autori
Bartoluci, Sunčica ; Ukić, Marita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
11th International Conference on Kinanthropology: Sport and Quality of Life: Book of Abstracts / Zvonař, Martin - Brno : Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, 2017, 58-58

ISBN
978-80-210-8816-0

Skup
11th International Conference on Kinanthropology

Mjesto i datum
Brno, Češka Republika, 29.11.2017. - 01.12.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
national identity, basketball, content analysis

Sažetak
Sports sociologists claim that general societal changes are also deeply connected with the world of sport. This claim can also be applied in the field of Croatian basketball. States that have undergone significant socio-political changes, such as Croatia, are fertile ground for research of national identity and its connection with sports. This article will deal with what has changed in Croatian sport and society since Croatian basketball’s greatest success – a silver medal at the Olympic games in Barcelona – with an accent on the significance of national identity. Through a qualitative discourse and content analysis of Croatian daily newspapers (Sportskenovosti, Jutarnji list, Večernji list), we shall attempt to explain how two large sporting events (the 1992 Olympic Games and the EuroBasket 2017) in which the Croatian national basketball team competed affected the structure of national identity in different ways. Taking into account the period of 25 years that marked the transition from a post-socialist society into a “crony capitalist” society, we suppose that changes have also taken place regarding the perception of the role of sport in creating national identity. Players in the 1990s who refused to play for the national team would be labelled traitors to the nation. We examine what is happening a quarter of a century later – do refusal to play for the national team, victory, and defeat carry the same weight? How connected is the relationship between basketball and Croatian society with media constructions versus real events in society as a whole? Based on a discourse analysis and a qualitative content analysis, we shall examine this case on three levels: media discourse, political discourse, and the discourse of the key players themselves – top athletes.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Kineziologija

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