Tag: José Hildo De Oliveira Filho

José Hildo de Oliveira Filho’s latest book, Sport Migrants, Precarity and Identity: Brazilian Footballers in Central and Eastern Europe (Routledge) takes a close look at the experiences of migrant athletes, their precarious careers, and at what this can tell us about wider themes of globalization, identity, race, gender, and the body. In his review for idrottsforum.org, Jan Ludvigsen shows that it is a well-written book of high interest for sociologists of sport, of migration, and of work and the workplace,

Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Football, race and national identity in Portugal by Pedro Almeida.