Brazil received a large number of German immigrants in the late 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century. Their adaptation process involved both economic and social factors since they took part in several institutions, such as schools and sports clubs. This paper aims at describing the route taken by three immigrants (Joaquim Roderbourg, Klaus Hendriksen and Burkhard Cordes) who were born in Germany, took root in Sao Paulo, Brazil, between the 1930’s and the 50’s, and represented Brazil in the Olympic Games as sailors. It aims at understanding their migration process, adaptation and decision to become Brazilian. The method was based on biographical narratives. Even though they migrated at different times, points in common were found in the subjects’ routes, since they constructed a relation with Brazil which went beyond sports.
Cite this paper
Almeida, W. D. D. and Rubio, K. (2017). Three Athletes, Two Countries and a Single Club: The Process of Identity Formation of Immigrant Sailors in Brazil. Open Access Library Journal, 4, e3477. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1103477.
Rubio,
K. (2005) Da
Europa para a América, a Trajetória Do Movimento Olímpico Brasileiro. Revista Electrónica de Geografia Y Ciencias
Sociales, 50, núm.
200. http://www.ub.es/geocrit/sn/sn-200.htm
Giglio, S.S. (2013) COI x Fifa: A história
política do futebol nos Jogos Olímpicos. 518 f. Doctoral dissertation in
Sciences—Escola
de Educacao Física e Esporte, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo.
Bruce, T. and
Wheaton, B. (2011) Diaspora and Global Sports Migration: A Case Study in the
English and New Zealand Contexts. In: Maguire, J.
and Falcous, M.,
Eds., Sport and Migration: Borders, Boundaries and
Crossings, Routledge, London
and
New York, 189-199.
Carter, T.F. (2011) Re-Placing Sport Migrants: Moving
beyond the Institutional Structures Informing International Sport Migration. International
Review for the Sociology of Sport, 48, 66-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690211429211
Carter,
T.F. (2007) Family Networks, State Interventions and the Experience of Cuban
Transnacional Sport Migration. International
Review for the Sociology of Sport, 42, 371-389. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690208089832
Elliott,
R. (2014) Brits Abroad: A Case Study Analysis of Three British Footballers
Migrating to the Hungarian Soproni Liga. Soccer & Society, 15, 517-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2013.828594
Engh, M.H. and Agergaard, S. (2015)
Producing Mobility through Locality and Visibility: Developing a Transnational
Perspective on Sports Labour Migration.International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 50,
974-992. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690213509994
FRICK,
B. (2009) Globalization
and Factor Mobility: The Impact of the ‘‘Bosman- Ruling’’ on Player
Migration in Professional Soccer. Journal
of Sports Economics, 10, 88-106.
Giulianoti, R. and
Robertson, R. (2007) Forms of Glocalization Globalization and the Migration
Strategies of Scottish Football Fans in North America. Sociology, 41, 133-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038507073044
Agergaard,
S. and
Ryba, T.V. (2014) Migration and Career Transitions in Professional Sports:
Transnational Athletic Careers in a Psychological and Sociolo- gical
Perspective. Sociology of Sport Journal, 31, 228-247. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2013-0031
Frotscher,
M. (2010) “Por
causa desta decepcao me tornei brasileiro convicto”: Nacional-socialismo,
memória e migracao de alemaes para o Brasil após a II Guerra Mundial. In: X
Encontro Nacional de História Oral. Testemunhos: História e Política. Anais...
Recife.
Oliveira, I. (2013) Imigrantes
e refugiados para o Brasil após a segunda Guerra Mundial. In: XVII Simpósio
Nacional de História: Conhecimento histórico e dialogo social, 2013, Natal.
Anais... Natal: [s.n.].
Macedo, R.L. (2008) O esporte no Estado Novo:
vigilancia, formacao e controle em época de guerra. In: Encontro da Associación
Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioculturales del Deporte (Alesde), 2007,
Curitiba. Anais... Curitiba: [s.n.].
Lemos, D.L.R. (2008) A
história social do movimento olímpico brasileiro no início do Século XX 2008.
Doctoral dissertation in Sciences-Escola de Educacao Física e Esporte, Universidade
de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo.