The Country of Football : Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kittleson, Roger Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nationalbewusstsein
Fussball
Soccer players.
Soccer.
Manners and customs.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Soccer players > Brazil > History.
Soccer > Brazil > History.
Brasilien
Brazil.
Bresil > Moeurs et coutumes.
Brazil > Social life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (377 pages).
ISBN:9780520958258

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