In the article called “ Changing the Cultural Landscape” written by Claudia Guedes, it is stated that the first soccer game to ever be played in Brazil was between two groups that both came
Knew: Coming into this reading I knew that modern Brazilian culture borrows aspects from many other countries, including soccer from England and their national language from Portugal. This reading also touched on aspects of
Quote: “Despite the patronizing, xenophobic, and elitist attitude of its leaders, sports became the reason many Puerto Ricans kept going to the YMCA, and why many more enrolled and attended their tournaments.” When you
One thing that I knew while reading this article is that Britain brought over many sports to Brazil, along with other countries in South America. Throughout history, as Britain colonized countries or brought its
In “The Early Evolution of Modern Sport in Latin America” and “The Triangle of Empire: Sport, Religion, and Imperialism in Puerto Rico’s YMCA, 1898–1926,” they both discuss the concept of European influence in Latin
