Sport Migrants, Precarity and Identity - Brazilian Footballers in Central and Eastern Europe

This book takes a close look at the experiences of migrant athletes, their precarious careers, and at what this can tell us about wider themes of globalisation, identity, race, gender, and the body.

List of contents

1. What Comes After Hope?, Part I: Transnationalism, Nationalism, and 'Race', 2. Sports Migrants in 'Central' and 'Eastern' Europe: Beyond the Existing Narratives, 3. Sports Migration, 'Brazilianness', and 'Race': The 'Beautiful Game' and its Dilemmas, Part II: Religion, Gender, and Agency, 4. Athletic Migrant Religiosities and the Making of 'Respectable Men', 5. Masculinities, Sports Migration, and Neoliberalism: The Pains of Migration, Part III: Final Thoughts, 6. On Athletes' Narratives and Contemporary Sports

About the author

José Hildo de Oliveira Filho received his PhD from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague (CUNI). He is a member of ISA (International Sociological Association), ABA (Brazilian Anthropological Association), and the AAA (American Anthropological Association).

Product details

• Authors: José Hildo de Oliveira Filho, Jose Hildo (Charles University De Oliveira Filho
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032650340
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265034-0
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Sociology: sport & leisure, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: sport and leisure, Migration, immigration and emigration, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity