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The Country of Football : Politics, Popular Culture, and the Beautiful Game in Brazil.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (293 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849045025
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Country of FootballDDC classification:
  • 796.3340981
LOC classification:
  • GV944.B6.C68 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: · How soccer shapes Brazil and how Brazilians have changed global soccer are the twin themes in this vividly written history.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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