Country of Football - Roger Kittleson - University of California, 2013
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The Country of Football
Soccer And The Making Of Modern Brazil
di Roger Kittleson
Editore: University of California Press
EAN: 9780520279094
ISBN: 0520279093
Pagine: 378
Formato: Paperback
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.