Brazil's Dance with the Devil : The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy / By Dave Zirin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zirin, Dave, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Cup (Soccer) (2014 : Brazil)--Political aspects.

World Cup (Soccer).

World Cup (Soccer) (2014 : Brazil)--Social aspects.

Olympic Games--(31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)--Political aspects.

Olympic Games.

Olympic Games--(31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)--Social aspects.

Sports--Brazil--History--21st century.

Sports.

Soccer--Tournaments--Political aspects--Brazil.

Soccer.

Soccer--Tournaments--Social aspects--Brazil.

Sports tournaments--Political aspects--Brazil.

Sports tournaments.

Sports tournaments--Social aspects--Brazil.

Democracy--Brazil.

Democracy.

Social aspects.

Soccer--Tournaments.

History.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xi, 246 pages : illustrations, map, portraits, ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2014]

Summary:

As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracanã Stadium, Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.

Contents:

Finding Michael Jackson in Rio

Brazil: "A Country for Everyone"

"There Is No Sin Below the Equator"

Oh, Lula!

Futebol: The Journey from Daring to Fear

Killing Santa

Neoliberal Trojan Horses and Sporting Shock Doctrines

Target Favelas

"FIFA-Quality Schools"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.

ISBN:

1608463605

9781608463602

OCLC:

859046462