Martin Curi e Enrico Spaggiari (orgs.), com artigos de Heitor Frúgoli Jr. (docente), Enrico Spaggari e Giancarlo Machado (egressos do PPGAS-USP)
This book presents detailed ethnographic reports and detailed analyses of journalistic material about the 2014 Men's World Cup, held in Brazil. Bringing together 13 articles by nine leading researchers, the 2014 World Cup is dissected in narratives that transcend the matches and results. Although the victory of the German team over the Brazilian team by a score of 7-1 is considered one of the most remarkable events of this World Cup, the texts gathered here go beyond and bring an important and fundamental reflection on the acts and meanings of cheering and on the meanings of rivalries built on the football field. With rare academic sensitivity, the texts are, at the same time, endowed with a very generous writing style towards the reader, inciting us to a deep reflection on the values and senses of regional and national belonging that arise from the national teams. Fans are portrayed in detail in their emotions and affections during the event. Ethnographic reports reveal significant differences between ways of understanding Brazil and the “others” in the north and south of the country. This work broadens the horizons of sociological and anthropological studies of football in Brazil (Ronaldo Helal). Published by Editora Ludopédio (SP).