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Full Name: Joaquin Bueno
Website: http://www.thefootballista.com
Details: I am a grad student in the Romance Studies department. Currently I'm starting my dissertation, which will be a study of the importance of football in Franco's dictatorship in Spain during the 50's and 60's, the first "Golden Age" of Spanish football. I hope to also explore cultural politics and power structures in the age of global democracy. My teams are my two hometowns: Celta de Vigo (Spain), and also DC United (though I haven't followed them since the first season of MLS). I also play pick-up every week with varying degrees of success.

Posts by jeb21:

04 Mar 2010 African Teams, But Not Coaches
02 Mar 2010 Stereotyping the African: 99 Days to a Change of Imagination?
18 Feb 2010 Anti-Spaniards for Spain: Irony, Terrorism, and La Roja
19 Jan 2010 War and reprieve for British fans (and Liberals): Price drops in TV soccer on the horizon
13 Jan 2010 David and Goliath? Again? Villarreal eliminated by second division strugglers Celta
09 Nov 2009 A Gypsy on the selección; Cruyff for Cataluña; Ronaldo and the Cost of Losing
27 Oct 2009 World’s Most Expensive Team Crushed by Semi-Pros
23 Oct 2009 Año maradoniano: On Emir Kusturica’s Maradona
12 Oct 2009 The Simmering Cauldron of South American World Cup Qualifying
06 Oct 2009 Symbolic Coaches, Porn Singers, and the Men in White

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- The Runner's Runner May 9, 2013
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- Brittney Griner, Jason Collins and the Sex of a Story May 1, 2013
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- Jason Collins Comes Out (and Leans In) April 29, 2013
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Football is Coming Home
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- Research Forum on South African Football: Mapping the Field May 3, 2013
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- Playing the Game: World Cup and Olympic Development in Rio April 29, 2013
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