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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508479303321

Titolo

Football and social sciences in Brazil / / Sérgio Settani Giglio, Marcelo Weishaupt Proni, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-84686-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 pages)

Disciplina

796.3340981

Soggetti

Soccer - Social aspects - Brazil

Social sciences - Research - Brazil

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Football as a Multifaceted Object of Academic Studies in Brazil -- Construction of the Field of Study -- Purpose and Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I Politics and History -- 2 Football and Politics -- Introduction -- What is Politics -- Football as Politics -- Early Days of Modern Football -- The Totalitarian Years -- The Post-45 Conjuncture -- The Context of Globalization -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 "My Concern Was to Play Football": Relations Between Football and Dictatorship -- Is Football the Opium of the People? -- The Olympic Games in Mexico -- The Relationship Between Football and the Military Dictatorship in Brazil from the Players' Narratives -- Final Considerations -- References -- 4 The Political Dimension of "Futebol-Arte" -- Revolutionary Capital -- Raça and Mask -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 1982 World Cup: Democratic Winds in Spain and Brazil -- Introduction -- The Spanish Cup: In Search of a National and Democratic Image -- The Euphoria with the "Re-democratization" National Team -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Brazilian Football and History -- Introduction -- Historical Research -- Getting to Know the Field -- What to Write and How to Write -- Some Possibilities -- The Last Pass -- References -- 7 Myths, Football and National Identity (1930-1983) -- References -- 8 Order and Progress on the Grandstands: Sports Journalism



and the Genesis of Uniformed Football Fans During the Political Regime of the Estado Novo (1937-1945) -- The Spirit of Sports Laws: João Lyra Filho, the CND, and Professional Football -- Body &amp -- Soul of Sports: Thomaz Mazzoni and The Ideology of the Estado Novo -- A Gazeta Esportiva and the Promotion of São Paulo's Uniformed Fans -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Sociology and Anthropology -- 9 Sport and Society in the Writings of Roberto DaMatta.

A Theory of Brazil -- Social Drama -- The "Specificity" of Brazilian Football and National Identity -- Football-Art and Modernization: Against the Idea of the "Opium of the People" -- Drama and Setting -- Football and Its Miracles, Like What We Want It to Be -- In Favor of Brazil and Its Modernity -- References -- 10 Neymar, Football and the Formation of a Neoliberal Culture -- The Commodification of Football-Spectacle -- The Commodity "Football Player" and the Neymar Case -- The Formation of the Neoliberal Culture -- The Neoliberal Subject in Sport -- References -- 11 A Modernity that is not Complete? Ideas and Interpretations About Brazilian Football -- Introduction -- The Thesis of Backwardness and Deviation in the Brazilian Football Context -- Final Considerations -- References -- 12 FIFA, BRICS, and the Soft Power Discourse: Analysis of the World Cup in South Africa, Brazil, and Russia -- Introduction -- A Panorama of the BRICS in Mega Sporting Events -- Is Soft Power a Concept of Public Diplomacy or Just Propaganda? -- The FIFA Men's Football Cup in BRICS -- Final Considerations -- References -- 13 Football and Anthropology in Brazil -- From Football to Footballs -- Identities and Otherness -- Football as an Object of Brazilian Anthropology -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 An Ethnographic Game of Fluid Categories of Analysis -- Body, Game, and Sports -- Football, Drama, and National Identity -- Anthropology of Sporting Practices -- Ethnographic Displacements -- Final Remarks -- References -- 15 Garrincha, Pelé and Maradona: The Sporting Sacred in Times of Football Icon Veneration -- The South American Trinity -- Images and Production of Sports Emotion -- The Game and the Sacred -- Pelé, The Saint -- The Hand of God -- The Bowlegged Angel -- Final Considerations: The Sporting Sacred -- References.

16 When Does the World Cup 2014 Event Start and End? -- Methodology -- The 2014 World Cup -- The World Cup as an Event -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Other Areas -- 17 Football and Communication Studies in Brazil: Fences and Crossroads of an Indisciplinary Field -- Reflections on the Fields of Sport and Mass Media in Brazil: An Indisciplinary Approach -- Some Theoretical and Methodological Paths in Research on Soccer and Communication in Brazil -- Practices and Experiences in the Football Universe:  The Ethnographic Perspective -- Talking About Football: Analysis of the Media Discourse -- Voices from the Past: Historical Analysis of Media Texts -- In Conclusion -- References -- 18 Sport and the Media in Brazil: Vices and Virtues of a Secular Marriage -- Introduction -- The Print Medium and the Primacy of Sports Coverage -- Print Media Coverage and Competition with TV -- Some Final Considerations -- References -- 19 World Cups' Geography: Urban Brazil in 1950 -- Introduction -- A Supposedly Aristocratic Ritual: The First Generation of Stadiums in Brazil -- The Party Transits to the Popular: The Advent of Concrete Stadiums -- The 1950 World Cup and Its Peculiar Geography: Context and Impacts -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 20 Stadiums and Arenas as Privileged Lenses to Capture Changes in Urban Space -- Introduction -- Stadiums and Arenas: A Geographical Overview -- Football Stadiums in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Stadiums and Arenas



Post-Taylor Report -- Conclusion -- References -- 21 The Football Industry in Brazil -- Introduction -- An Overview of the Football Industry in Europe -- The Legislation Regarding the Economic Activity of Football Clubs in Brazil -- Expansion of Elite Club Revenues and Asymmetries in Economic Power -- The Problem of Excessive Indebtedness of the Elite Clubs.

Current Challenges for the Development of Football Industry in Brazil -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 22 The Controversy Over the Introduction of the VAR in Brazil -- The Controversy Over VAR Portrayed in the Sports Press -- "All Unanimity is Stupid" -- Justice is Slow and Sometimes Fails -- Final Remarks -- References -- Part IV Transversal Themes -- 23 Life Projects, Women and Football -- Projects of Martas, Elanes, Nildinhas, Alines, etc. -- Mermaid's Chant: Projects of Girls Who Dream of Being Able to Make a Living from Football -- Projects of Football Players in the Course of Their Career -- Challenging the Fields of Possibility and Conquering Territory -- References -- 24 Brazil is Hexa: Marta's Sporting Career -- Biographical Aspects -- The Beginning of the Career -- Sweden: Martha's Second Home -- Political Engagement -- Queen Marta is Hexa -- References -- 25 Gender Expressions and the Multiple Practices of Football in Brazil -- Introduction -- LGBTIQ Football on the Court and Raising Questions About Football -- Notes for a New Understanding of Football -- References -- 26 Football, Violence, and Democratic Politics in Brazil -- Theoretical Framework of the Relation Between Football, Society, and Violence -- Fan Organizations and Violence: Traces of Democracy? -- Who Are the Fanatic Football Fans in the Twenty-First Century? Why Are the Majority of Supporters in These Associations Composed of Men? -- Fan Culture and Brazilian Politics -- Football, Political Participation, and Democracy -- References -- 27 Narratives About Football Hooliganism in Brazil: (De)constructing the Label "Violent Supporter" -- Introduction -- From Convention to Reification: The Role of Language in the Construction of Violence in Football -- From the Myth of Non-Violence to the Stigma of Violence: Narratives About Football Confrontations.

Dehumanization, Exclusion, and Social Control: Stigmatized Fans and the Effects of Stigma -- Final Considerations -- References -- 28 The Experience of Cheering in (So-Called) "Modern Football" -- The Space to Cheer -- The Space of the Granota Twist -- The Space to Cheer for the Raposa -- Two Contexts of Supporters: The Peripheral in Global Football and the Global in Peripheral Football -- Final Considerations -- References -- 29 Brazilian Racism in Football -- The Ambivalent Effect of Socially Constructed Representations of the "Black Race": The Inclusion of "Brazilian Racism" -- Barbosa and the Personification of the Exclusion of Racism in Brazil -- Conclusion -- References -- 30 "This is a Reality": The Racism Narrated by Black Characters in Brazilian Football -- Players' Network -- Coaches' Network -- Referees' Network -- Sporting Directors' Network -- Journalists' Network -- Final Considerations -- References -- Index.