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Exhibition Games…An Ulterior Motive?

This research process has shed light on many aspects of soccer that I had been unaware of beforehand. In particular, I realized that exhibition games have underlying motives that lie outside the realm of pure sport. An exhibition game, or … Continue reading

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Where does Real Get Their Money?

watch?v=ilD_To6hFQ8 This is an informative video that explains where Real profits in today’s industry. There is also a bit of history of money-making that I thought was quite interesting. Take a look!

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Negative Effects of Globalization for Soccer–a Lost Team

The globalization of soccer has an array of positive implications; for example, because players have such a high turnover rate in regard to transfers, the culture of any club team is constantly changing. There is no ‘pure’ club team with … Continue reading

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It’s all about the Money…

Even though I have a deep love for the footballing world, I can’t help but feel a little bit sad when I realize the large extent to which the sport is dominated by the flows of money. For example, Cristiano … Continue reading

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Jorge Klor de Alva: Class Discussion Question

We decided to attack Question 2: What is Klor de Alva’s argument about applying ‘colonialism’ to Latin America? Does it apply equally to North America and the Caribbean? What is left out of his argument? Do you agree with his … Continue reading

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Homi Bhaba’s concept of ‘hybridity’ in our individual research

  At today’s café discussion we spoke about how Homi Baba’s concept of hybridity applied to our personal case studies. This is the gist of what each of us had to say. Reka Homi Bhabha’s argument complements the immense hybrid … Continue reading

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Bhabha and Soccer pt. II

It merits focusing another blog post with regard to Homi Bhabha’s argument, due to its high prevalence to my topic. Bhabha does not liken the location of culture to be here, nor there; he illustrates this claim through a depiction … Continue reading

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A Shift to the World Cup

Homi Bhabha’s article exemplifies the way in which cultures are becoming more and more interconnected in today’s world, an assertion I found highly complementary to my research topic. Bhabha embraces multiculturalism as the inevitable product of “hybridization,” and cautions the … Continue reading

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Butler: Multi-Dimensional Approach

In discussing Judith Butler, we realized that we wanted to take approaches and theories discussed in class and apply them directly to Butler’s article. At first we were overwhelmed with the plethora of approaches possible to take, but once we … Continue reading

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Introduction to Football as a Transnational Element

Football is arguably one of the most popular sports today, uniting people from all over the world in a form of nonverbal competition. As a transnational element, it transcends language barriers and political tension between nations as competitors and supporters … Continue reading

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