Date of Award
2011
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.H.K.
Department
Kinesiology
Keywords
Health Sciences, Recreation.
Supervisor
Martyn, Scott (Kinesiology)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
The primary objective of this study was to provide a historical account of how soccer was used as a vehicle aiding or inhibiting the adaptation of ethnic groups into society in Windsor, Ontario. Furthermore, it was to determine the value that ethnic groups of the 1972 South-Western Ontario Soccer League placed in regards to maintaining their own culture and identity, creating and maintaining relationships with other ethnic groups, and comparing how the adaptation strategies differed across the teams of the league. Teams representing the Italian, Hungarian, Greek, German, Croatian, English, Scottish, and Serbian communities at the time were examined. The information retrieved through one-on-one, semi-structured interviews revealed the degree of cultural and structural assimilation experienced by their members. In addition, an accurate account of the way in which each ethnic team generally addressed the questions posed in J.W. Berry's model of ethnic group adaptation was revealed.
Recommended Citation
Perciballi, Sergio, "Soccer and Society: A Study of Ethnic Group Adaptation in Society Through the Game of Soccer; Windsor, Ontario, 1972" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 272.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/272