Del Campo will current ‘The nice theater of soccer’ in Ciudad Actual

The anthropologist and ex-soccer participant Alberto del Campo Tejedor will current his newest e-book in Ciudad Actual, The nice theater of socceran essay on «the game that explains our world», subsequent Wednesday, October 26, at 7:00 p.m., within the Espacio Serendipia (Calatrava, 21), in a convention organized by the Faculty of Crucial Thought on ‘The hidden facet of soccer’.

In a sexy stability between anecdotes and anthropological evaluation, The nice theater of soccer travels via the legendary stadiums of essentially the most well-known golf equipment, via the fields of the Third Division or the tournaments of the saraguros in Ecuador, via the schoolyards or the stands filled with ultras and followers of all stripes, decoding the connection between soccer and political, financial and media energy, new masculinities, nationwide identities or corruption.

By means of intensive fieldwork, his expertise as a footballer and interviews with former footballers, gamers, coaches and journalists, Alberto del Campo combines rigor and disclosure to get to know the world of the ball from the within, addressing literature and historical past alongside the way in which. , nice and surprising themes akin to love, humor and demise, or the tales of struggling and hope of so many lives.

How essential is laughter in locker rooms? What’s hazing to the newcomer? Are the ultras as dangerous as they’re painted? What motivates somebody to develop into a referee? Do the large golf equipment affect the media? Why are some footballers hated? How is it attainable that some hobbies are glad even in defeat? Are new fashions of masculinity rising on the pitch? When will a footballer come out of the closet? What strategies does a coach use to show a mediocre staff right into a profitable one? How a lot do participant representatives earn? Is there a lot distinction between taking part in within the Third Division and within the elite? What sort of footballer goes bankrupt after hanging up his boots? Is suicide widespread? What cheats are made in soccer? How do you purchase referees? And the gamers?

The writer has entered contexts usually closed to the researcher and has lived and spoken with gamers, coaches, managers, ultras and different actors of this fabulous theater. Making use of anthropological theories, evaluating the totally different soccer cultures in numerous golf equipment and nations, relating soccer to different areas of society, Del Campo Tejedor reveals that this sport is —paraphrasing a well-known anthropologist— good for considering, because it permits us to know how are. The nice theater of soccer is a tremendous e-book, important to know soccer from the within and even to know, via its ins and outs, how our society works.

Alberto del Campo Tejedor is a professor of Social Anthropology on the Pablo de Olavide College (Seville), the writer of some twenty books, a columnist for AS, El Correo and different newspapers, in addition to an everyday contributor to radio and tv. His work has acquired as much as seven worldwide and nationwide prizes in historical past, anthropology and literature.