Summary

Mariann Vaczi has completed her doctorate. in Basque Studies and Anthropology in 2013. As an anthropologist and sociologist, she focuses on sport, physical culture and the body from a social, political and cultural point of view. She is particularly interested in the politics of bodily, sports and performance genders in various sub-national contexts. His main work includes Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain: An Ethnography of Basque Fandom (Routledge 2015) and Sport and Secessionism (co-editor, Routledge 2020).

Research of interests

• Modern and traditional sports
• Festival, folk, ritual and performance genres
• The body
• Death and die
• gender and sexuality
• Nationalisms and independence movements

Courses taught

• Sport and society in a global perspective
• Basque culture online

Works

• Football, culture and society in Spain: an ethnography of Basque fandom (Routledge 2015).
• Sport and secessionism (co-editor, Routledge 2020).
• “Body performance in contemporary ethnonationalist movements: the changing body politic of Basque and Catalan secessionism” in Social anthropology (2021).
• “The arm wrestling of nationalisms: Agonic sports for Basque-Spanish relations” in Sport and secessionism (2020).
• “Soccer, Beast and Sovereign: The Politics of Joking Relations in Spain.” Ethnos 83, no. 4 (2018): 706-723.
• “The human towers of Catalonia: nationalism, associative culture and the politics of performance.” American ethnologist 43, no. 2 (2016): 353-368.
• “Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Women: The Fear and Fantasy of Spanish Soccer Wives and Girlfriends.” International journal of sociology of sport 51, no. 3 (2016): 299-313.
• “‘The Spanish Fury’: A Political Geography of Football in Spain.” International journal of sociology of sport 50, no. 2 (2015): 196-210.
• “Death at the Cathedral: Mortuary Practices in Sports Stadiums.” Journal of the Royal Institute of Anthropology 20, no. 4 (2014): 635-652.