%0 Journal Article %T Negocia£¿£¿es identit¨¢rias dos luso-descendentes no Canad¨¢ atrav¨¦s do futebol portugu¨ºs e do h¨®quei no gelo canadiano %A Sardinha %A Jo£¿o %J Etnogr¨¢fica %D 2012 %I Centro em Rede de Investiga??o em Antropologia %X this paper examines the ways descendants of portuguese immigrants in canada, raised under the shroud of their -portugal ancestry, contemplate, formulate and negotiate their identities via the two primary sporting pastimes of the two countries: soccer, in the case of portugal; ice hockey, in the case of canada. the findings presented in this article are based on empirical data collected through semis-structured interviews and casual conversations with portuguese-canadian descendants during a fieldwork period that took place from october 2nd to november 5th of 2009 in the canadian cities of toronto, ottawa-gatineau and montreal. %K soccer %K ice hockey %K portuguese immigrant descendants %K canada %K identity. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0873-65612012000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en