{"id":54192,"date":"2014-06-13T19:38:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=54192"},"modified":"2020-05-13T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:30:46","slug":"experts-on-brazil-discuss-the-world-cup-from-a-historical-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/experts-on-brazil-discuss-the-world-cup-from-a-historical-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts on Brazil discuss the World Cup from a historical lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Brazil kicks off the World Cup, more than the tournament outcome is at stake, according to historians Pablo Sierra and Molly Ball of the URochester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe World Cup will matter in how politics develop in the next six months,\u201d says Sierra. \u201cIf Brazil gets knocked out before the semi-finals, it will not be a good situation for political leaders who built this project, specifically for leaders of the Workers\u2019 Party. They will have a hard time explaining spending 12 billion dollars on such a project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor someone living in the north or the northeast, which is more economically depressed and has seen real gains under the past two presidents, a quick loss would be tragic,\u201d Sierra explains. \u201cIn light of widespread dissatisfaction with President Dilma Rousseff\u2019s administration, a positive outcome at the World Cup could have a measurable effect on whether the Workers\u2019 Party stays in power or gives up control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The husband-and-wife team have developed a course, \u201cHistory of Latin America through Soccer,\u201d that will be taught for the first time this fall at Rochester. Soccer has been used to fabricate national identities, promote multi-racial societies, and, of course, entertain the masses, the professors note. The course will use soccer to explore these facets, along with the darker political use of the sport in upholding dictatorships, drug trafficking, and misogyny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen British immigrants first introduced \u2018the beautiful game\u2019 to Argentina in the 1860s, soccer was viewed as a bizarre, violent, and foreign fad,\u201d says Ball. \u201cTraditional Iberian sports, be it bullfighting or ranching contests, soon lost favor in a region redefined by European immigration during the late nineteenth century.\u201d Although faced with competition from other sports throughout time, soccer remains the single most important sport in Latin America, as the 2014 World Cup preparations reflect.<\/p>\n<p>In Brazil, a large country marked by diversity and coping with economic disparities, soccer is a unifying element.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something everybody shares and can identify with,\u201d says Ball. In the 1930s and 1940s, countries in South America were trying to find their own identities. \u201cWhat did it mean to be Brazilian? Brazil had slavery until 1888 and the population was diverse\u2014thirty-five percent of S\u00e3o Paulo spoke Italian in the 1920s,\u201d she points out. \u201cToday, soccer continues to be actively promoted as an important part of national identity throughout Latin America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoccer clubs are a way of identifying not just with your nation but specifically with your neighborhood,\u201d Sierra explains. \u201cThey come to embody more than a local club\u2014it\u2019s your local way of life. When you travel out of town, your club may come to represent the state of S\u00e3o Paulo versus Rio de Janeiro. These kinds of rivalries give way to local and regional identities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoccer is a common language,\u201d says Sierra. \u201cWe can unite despite our ideological and political differences. That\u2019s some of the magic of the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hear more insights into Brazil and the World Cup during Sierra and Ball\u2019s recent <a href=\"http:\/\/wxxinews.org\/post\/connections-talking-football-and-world-cup\">WXXI public radio interview<\/a>, primarily in the second half of the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Sierra earned a doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles and studies colonial Latin America, the African diaspora in Latin America, Afro-Indigenous interactions, and urban slavery. Ball, specializing in modern Brazil and economic history, earned her doctorate in history at the University of California, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note to editors: <\/strong>Pablo Sierra and Molly Ball are available for interviews to discuss the political implications and historical background of the World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Brazil kicks off the World Cup, more than the tournament outcome is at stake, according to historians Pablo Sierra and Molly Ball of the URochester. 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