A escolinha de futebol grêmio maranhense e a reprodução das desigualdades sociais em São Luís – MA

Abstract

This work sought to analyze the trajectories and strategies of reproduction and social inequality of players from case studies on families inserted in the soccer school Grêmio Maranhense, located in the neighborhood of Chácara Brasil, in São Luís - MA. The development took place through interviews with the agents (both players, family members and coaches of the school). Thus, it was possible to carry out an analysis of theschool spaces – in which type of school they study and what is the relationship between this social environment and these young people, in order to understand their interactions,social places and tensions, building the social profile of these agents, as suggested by Beaud and Weber (2014). From conversations with the coaches of the school and with some players and parents of these young people, it was possible to discover in that socialspace the existence of several social profiles, ranging from scholarship players to children of: businessmen, doctors, pharmacists, teachers, retired soldiers. As different as these social media may be, there is something in common – investment in sport, whether for reasons such as: health, social education, socialization and/or because you support your child's dream. The use of an ethnography of the social and symbolic space where the families are inserted was also one of the essential parts to arrive at the analysis of the urban spaces and the agents inserted in this specific soccer school.