As relações jocosas futebolísticas: futebol, sociabilidade e conflito no Brasil Football joking relations: football, sociability and conflict in Brazil by Édison Gastaldo

“…The notion of the 'joking relationship' is well-known to anthropological theory, due in particular to the classic article 'Parentés à plaisanteries' by Marcel Mauss, published in 1926, though its origins can be traced back to earlier works by authors such as Robert Lowie and A. R. Radcliffe-Brown. This paper connects the playful expression of feelings to the symbolic universe of football in Brazilian society. …”
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