The Country of Football : Politics, Popular Culture, and the Beautiful Game in Brazil.
Fontes, Paulo.
The Country of Football : Politics, Popular Culture, and the Beautiful Game in Brazil. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (293 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- Preface -- The Beautiful Game in the 'Country of Football': An Introduction -- 1. The Early Days of Football in Brazil: British Influence and Factory Clubs in São Paulo -- 2. Malandros, 'Honourable Workers' and the Professionalisation of Brazilian Football, 1930-1950 -- 3. Football in the Rio Grande Do Sul Coal Mines -- 4. Futebol De Várzea and the Working Class: Amateur Football Clubs in São Paulo, 1940s-1960s -- 5. The 'People's Joy' Vanishes: Meditations on the Death of Garrincha -- 6. Football as a Profession: Origins, Social Mobility and the World of Work of Brazilian Footballers, -- 7. Dictatorship, Re-Democratisation and Brazilian Football in the 1970s and 1980s -- 8. Public Power, the Nation and Stadium Policy in Brazil: The Construction and Reconstruction of the Maracanã Stadium for the World Cups of 1950 and 2014 -- 9. A World Cup for Whom? The Impact of the 2014 World Cup on Brazilian Football Stadiums and Cultures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
· How soccer shapes Brazil and how Brazilians have changed global soccer are the twin themes in this vividly written history.
9781849045025
Soccer--Political aspects--Brazil--History.
Electronic books.
GV944.B6.C68 2014
796.3340981
The Country of Football : Politics, Popular Culture, and the Beautiful Game in Brazil. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (293 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- Preface -- The Beautiful Game in the 'Country of Football': An Introduction -- 1. The Early Days of Football in Brazil: British Influence and Factory Clubs in São Paulo -- 2. Malandros, 'Honourable Workers' and the Professionalisation of Brazilian Football, 1930-1950 -- 3. Football in the Rio Grande Do Sul Coal Mines -- 4. Futebol De Várzea and the Working Class: Amateur Football Clubs in São Paulo, 1940s-1960s -- 5. The 'People's Joy' Vanishes: Meditations on the Death of Garrincha -- 6. Football as a Profession: Origins, Social Mobility and the World of Work of Brazilian Footballers, -- 7. Dictatorship, Re-Democratisation and Brazilian Football in the 1970s and 1980s -- 8. Public Power, the Nation and Stadium Policy in Brazil: The Construction and Reconstruction of the Maracanã Stadium for the World Cups of 1950 and 2014 -- 9. A World Cup for Whom? The Impact of the 2014 World Cup on Brazilian Football Stadiums and Cultures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
· How soccer shapes Brazil and how Brazilians have changed global soccer are the twin themes in this vividly written history.
9781849045025
Soccer--Political aspects--Brazil--History.
Electronic books.
GV944.B6.C68 2014
796.3340981