Football – sport competition or commercial entertainment? (S. Samsonov Nogi) Cover Image

Futbol – sportowa rywalizacja czy komercyjna rozrywka? (Siergiej Samsonow Ноги)
Football – sport competition or commercial entertainment? (S. Samsonov Nogi)

Author(s): Liliana Kalita
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: czas wolny; mediatyzacja; konsumpcjonizm; tożsamość; free time; mediatization; consumerism; identity

Summary/Abstract: The analysis concentrates on mediatisation and commercialization processes of sport in the contemporary world, and their update in Sergey Samsonov’s work Ноги. The bearer of the idea is a talented Russian football player, reduced to the advertised product and contemporary sport gadget. The situation poses questions relating to the identity and individuality of the hero, as well as possibilities of protection against mechanisms of commercialization; in the broader sense, it epitomizes the condition of the world we all live in.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 31-42
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish