A reading of football in São Paulo: the ginga, territories and identities

Authors

  • Marco Bettine Almeida Universidade de São Paulo
  • Gustavo Gutierrez
  • Renato Marques

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/alesde.v3i1.32028

Keywords:

Football, São Paulo, Sociology of Sport

Abstract

In this essay we discuss some aspects of football, from a systemic perspective of society. We briefly present the authors linked to the social sciences who interpreted the organic relationship among football, nation and Brazilianness. For this, we will discuss the issues of body, ginga (swing) and cultural reinterpretation of a game played by Englishmen in Sao Paulo, to a redefinition how to play and appreciate football as a national asset. We also discuss the territories and identities of football in the state of São Paulo, how spaces were constituted and transformed, and a match played on the banks of Tietê river, until the construction of the monument of the Pacaembu municipal stadium.

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Published

2013-07-26

How to Cite

Almeida, M. B., Gutierrez, G., & Marques, R. (2013). A reading of football in São Paulo: the ginga, territories and identities. The Journal of the Latin American Socio-Cultural Studies of Sport (ALESDE), 3(1), 52–70. https://doi.org/10.5380/alesde.v3i1.32028

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Review papers

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