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The Country of Football : Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil / Roger Kittleson.
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kittleson, Roger, Author.
- Series:
- Sport in world history ; 2.
- Sport in World History ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soccer--Brazil--History.
- Soccer.
- Soccer players--Brazil--History.
- Soccer players.
- Brazil--Social life and customs.
- Brazil.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University of California Press 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Soccer is the world's most popular sport, and the Brazilian national team is beloved around the planet for its beautiful playing style, the jogo bonito. With the most successful national soccer team in the history of the World Cup, Brazil is the only country to have played in every competition and the winner of more championships than any other nation. Soccer is perceived, like carnival and samba, to be quintessentially Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian. Yet the practice and history of soccer are also synonymous with conflict and contradiction as Brazil continues its trajectory toward modernity and economic power. The ongoing debate over how Team Brazil should play and positively represent a nation of demanding supporters bears on many crucial facets of a country riven by racial and class tensions. The Country of Football is filled with engaging stories of star players and other key figures, as well as extraordinary research on local, national, and international soccer communities. Soccer fans, scholars, and readers who are interested in the history of sport will emerge with a greater understanding of the complex relationship between Brazilian soccer and the nation's history.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Serious Play
- 1. A National Game: Futebol Made Popular, Professional, and Afro-Brazilian
- 2. When It was Good to be Brazilian: Tropical Modernity Affirmed, 1958-70
- 3. Playing Modern: Efficiency over Art, 1971-80
- 4. Risky Beauty: Art and the Opening of Brazil in the 1980s
- 5. The Business of Winning: Brand Brazil and the New Globalism, 1990-2010
- Conclusion: Mega-Brazil
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780520958258
- 052095825X
- OCLC:
- 872631153
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