Sergio Varela
Biographic Data
| ID | 3920622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sergio Varela |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sergio |
| FAMILY NAME | Varela |
| SIGNATURE | VARELA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A team in poverty is a poor team: Politics, power, money and football according to Hank Rhon
Mexico in the Concacaf: Hosting and competing in World Cups
This paper explores Mexico’s relationship with the World Cup, from 1930 to 2018. Though a regular competitor, having missed very few final tournaments, Mexico failed to deliver remarkable results. The country is mostly known as a two-time host of World Cups, with a third experience scheduled for 2026. The paper delineates two periods in the history of Mexico’s attendance to World Cups: 1930–1990 and 1990 to nowadays. The first was best summarized…
Young parkour traceurs in Mexico City: A New Way to Meaning and Identity in Urban Spaces
The practice of parkour in urban spaces by young people, especially those who call themselves traceurs ("plotters"), illustrates how identities are formed in an ephemeral way by reinterpreting spaces in the city - briefly and without leaving a trace. However, in a sort of paradox, these interventions are registered in the socio-digital spectrum, tokenistically anchoring and incorporating them into conversations and social interactions. This work …
Drunk and Proud', from the streets to the stands: America Football Club fans, aguante and alcohol consumption in Mexican football fandom
An ethnographic description of a typical match day of Ritual del Kaos barra fans provides elements to discuss the consumption of alcohol as a specific practice of aguante. For the young Mexican-organized supporters of professional football clubs the concept of aguante has become the key concept for their daily practices. America Football Club fans of Ritual del Kaos display aguante practices under different denominations. Three of them are descon…
Young parkour traceurs in Mexico City: A New Way to Meaning and Identity in Urban Spaces
The practice of parkour in urban spaces by young people, especially those who call themselves traceurs ("plotters"), illustrates how identities are formed in an ephemeral way by reinterpreting spaces in the city - briefly and without leaving a trace. However, in a sort of paradox, these interventions are registered in the socio-digital spectrum, tokenistically anchoring and incorporating them into conversations and social interactions. This work …
Mexico in the Concacaf: Hosting and competing in World Cups
This paper explores Mexico’s relationship with the World Cup, from 1930 to 2018. Though a regular competitor, having missed very few final tournaments, Mexico failed to deliver remarkable results. The country is mostly known as a two-time host of World Cups, with a third experience scheduled for 2026. The paper delineates two periods in the history of Mexico’s attendance to World Cups: 1930–1990 and 1990 to nowadays. The first was best summarized…
Drunk and Proud', from the streets to the stands: America Football Club fans, aguante and alcohol consumption in Mexican football fandom
An ethnographic description of a typical match day of Ritual del Kaos barra fans provides elements to discuss the consumption of alcohol as a specific practice of aguante. For the young Mexican-organized supporters of professional football clubs the concept of aguante has become the key concept for their daily practices. America Football Club fans of Ritual del Kaos display aguante practices under different denominations. Three of them are descon…
Mexico in the Concacaf: Hosting and competing in World Cups
This paper explores Mexico’s relationship with the World Cup, from 1930 to 2018. Though a regular competitor, having missed very few final tournaments, Mexico failed to deliver remarkable results. The country is mostly known as a two-time host of World Cups, with a third experience scheduled for 2026. The paper delineates two periods in the history of Mexico’s attendance to World Cups: 1930–1990 and 1990 to nowadays. The first was best summarized…
Young parkour traceurs in Mexico City: A New Way to Meaning and Identity in Urban Spaces
The practice of parkour in urban spaces by young people, especially those who call themselves traceurs ("plotters"), illustrates how identities are formed in an ephemeral way by reinterpreting spaces in the city - briefly and without leaving a trace. However, in a sort of paradox, these interventions are registered in the socio-digital spectrum, tokenistically anchoring and incorporating them into conversations and social interactions. This work …
A team in poverty is a poor team: Politics, power, money and football according to Hank Rhon
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works) · Football (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)