An aspect of this text by Claudia Guedes that I really thought was very interesting and new to me was the realization that the Christian Church as a whole had a very large impact
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
This week, week four, our class is looking at the early history of American sports. The reading I had, for group A, was called The Triangle of Empire: Sport, Religion, and Imperialism in Puerto
The quote highlighted above is what I felt best encapsulated the article, not only being the definition of muscular Christianity but also due to the fact that this belief is still prevalent to this
“Puerto Ricans saw sports as an example of the cultural progress promised by the United States.” The article talks a lot about promises made by the U.S and the U.S interest in Puerto Rico
“In spite of recurring political upheavals, the legacy of the American School, Mackenzie College, the YMCA and introduced Western sports continued to grow in Brazil.” This quote hits directly at the heart of what
