Emotion and masculinity in brazilian soccer world

Abstract

This paper discusses the relation between emotions and masculinity in Brazilian soccer world. Its focus is on lack of emotional control among men as described in fan experiences. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted with fans of Rio de Janeiro soccer teams. The results suggest that the prevalence of this emotional pattern points to an articulation of masculinity, in the context of soccer, to a sensibility understood in contemporary Western societies as a female attribute, therefore problematizing the association between the feminine, a lack of emotional control and danger.