Hinchas, Cracks, and Potreros in the City of Soccer

Part IV, “Hinchas, Cracks, and Potreros in the City of Soccer,” delves deeper into the city’s most celebrated pastime, locating its origins in the urban landscape, examining the culture that surrounds soccer clubs, and taking a closer look at how politics, violence, and gender have informed sport cultures in recent decades. Documents in this part explore the role of urban sports in general and the culture and social life of soccer. Particular attention is given to popular ideas about the formation of a criollo style of play, fans and club identities, social mobility and the dream of “making it” in the soccer world, exclusions and politics associated with the sport, stadium culture, and the hard-fought rise of women on the field.