Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Brazil, A work in progress, A work in progress

Author

Duque; Mar�lia

Year

2022

Publisher

UCL Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-78735-997-0

Link

Last Update

30-May-2026

Keywords

Anthropology ; Communication Studies ; Sociology ; Cultural Studies

Description

It is not a surprise that in a country known as the cradle of outstanding football players, like Pelé, Neymar and Marta, the expression pendurar as chuteiras (to hang up one’s boots) is synonymous with retirement. The metaphor is convenient for addressing the role retirement plays in the experience of ageing in Bento, the middle-class neighbourhood in São Paulo city where this ethnography took place. A wise football player could choose to pendurar as chuteiras and end her career while she is at her peak, leaving the field on a high note, or she could stay on the pitch and...