Football and Social Sciences in Brazil

This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the multidisciplinary field of research developed within Brazilian social sciences to study football as a major cultural and social phenomenon in the country. As a contributed volume, it brings together chapters authored by researchers from different discip...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Giglio, Sérgio Settani (Editor), Proni, Marcelo Weishaupt (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1.Football as a multifaceted object of academic studies in Brazil
  • 2.Football and politics
  • 3.“My concern was to play football”: relations between football and dictatorship
  • 4.The political dimension of futebol-arte
  • 5.1982 World Cup: Democratic winds in Spain and Brazil.-6. Brazilian football and history
  • 7.Myths, football and national identity (1930-1983)
  • 8.Order & Progress on the Grandstands: Sports Journalism and the Genesis of uniformed football fans during the political regime of the Estado Novo (1937-1945)
  • 9.Sport and society in the writings of Roberto DaMatta
  • 10.Neymar, football and the formation of a neoliberal culture
  • 11.A modernity that is not complete? Ideas and interpretations about Brazilian football
  • 12. FIFA, BRICS and the Soft Power discourse: analysis of the World Cup in South Africa, Brazil and Russia
  • 13.Football and anthropology in Brazil
  • 14.An ethnographic game of fluid categories of analysis
  • 30."This is a reality": The racism narrated by black characters in Brazilian football
  • 15. Garrincha, Pelé and Maradona: The sporting sacred in times of football icon veneration
  • 16.When does the World Cup 2014 event start and end?
  • 17.Football and communication studies in Brazil: Fences and crossroads of an indisciplinary field
  • 18.Sport and the media in Brazil: vices and virtues of a secular marriage
  • 19. World Cups’ geography: urban Brazil in 1950
  • 20.Stadiums and arenas as privileged lenses to capture changes in urban space
  • 21.The football industry in Brazil
  • 22.The controversy over the introduction of the VAR in Brazil
  • 23.Life projects, women and football
  • 24.Brazil is Hexa: Marta’s Sporting Career
  • 25.Gender expressions and the multiple practices of football in Brazil
  • 26.Football, violence and democratic politics in Brazil
  • 27.Narratives about football hooliganism in Brazil: (De)constructing the label "violent supporter"
  • 28.The experience of cheering in (so-called) “modern football”
  • 29.Brazilian racism in Football