Tráfico de jóvenes en el fútboldiamantes negros, un texto cinematográfico de sociología pública

  1. José-Ignacio Barbero-González 1
  2. Hugo Rodriguez-Campazas 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Journal:
Movimento: revista da Escola de Educação Física

ISSN: 0104-754X

Year of publication: 2014

Issue Title: Movimento 20 anos

Volume: 20

Issue: 5

Pages: 197-210

Type: Article

More publications in: Movimento: revista da Escola de Educação Física

Abstract

Drawing upon the movie Diamantes Negros (Black Diamonds), the purpose of this paper is to illustrate the potential of cinema as a resource, or text, of public sociology. The film deals with the issue of African child trafficking in soccer. The clarity of the story, the relevance of the problem addressed and the emotional involvement, moved us to inquire into such a problematic. Having considered the academic-scientific literature, we have confirmed, among other things, the following: a) the (almost) pioneering character of the filmic text within the Spanish context; and b) the discursive similarities among the academic texts and the cinematographic fiction. Taking into account these similarities and the content and formal features of the movie, it is argued that Diamantes Negros is a good example of a public sociology text