Football and Social Sciences in Brazil

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.- 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)

Sérgio Settani Giglio is a professor in the undergraduate and graduate courses of the School of Physical Education of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). He holds a PhD in Sciences from the School of Physical Education and Sports of the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, is the leader of the Sports and Humanities Study Group (Gepeh) of Unicamp, and a member of the Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Studies on Soccer and Leisure Modalities (Ludens) of USP. He is one of the editors of the Ludopédio website. 

Marcelo Weishaupt Proni is a full professor at the Institute of Economics of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). He holds a PhD in Physical Education (concentration area: Leisure Studies) from the School of Physical Education of the same university.