Abstract

SARDINHA, João. Identity negotiations of luso-descendants in Canada through Portuguese football and Canadian ice hockey. Etnográfica [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.1, pp.143-162. ISSN 0873-6561.

This paper examines the ways descendants of Portuguese immigrants in Canada, raised under the shroud of their ­Portugal ancestry, contemplate, formulate and negotiate their identities via the two primary sporting pastimes of the two countries: soccer, in the case of Portugal; ice hockey, in the case of Canada. The findings presented in this article are based on empirical data collected through semis-structured interviews and casual conversations with Portuguese-Canadian descendants during a fieldwork period that took place from October 2^nd to November 5^th of 2009 in the Canadian cities of Toronto, Ottawa-Gatineau and Montreal.

Keywords : soccer; ice hockey; Portuguese immigrant descendants; Canada; identity.

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