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Серия: Sport in World History. University of California Press: 2013. — 344 p. — ISBN-10: 0520279093, ISBN-13: 978-0520279094.
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.
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The Country of Football SOCCER AND THE MAKING OF MODERN BR A ZIL
Roger Kittleson
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY
LOS ANGELES
LONDON
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Fletcher Jones Foundation Humanities Endowment Fund of the University of California Press Foundation.
The Country of Football
sp ort i n wor l d h istor y Edited by Susan Brownell, Robert Edelman, Wayne Wilson, and Christopher Young This University of California Press series explores the story of modern sport from its recognized beginnings in the nineteenth century to the current day. The books present to a wide readership the best new scholarship connecting sport with broad trends in global history. The series delves into sport’s intriguing relationship with political and social power, while also capturing the enthusiasm for the subject that makes it so powerful. 1. Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing, by Scott Laderman 2. Country of Football: Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil, by Roger Kittleson
The Country of Football SOCCER AND THE MAKING OF MODERN BR A ZIL
Roger Kittleson
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY
LOS ANGELES
LONDON
University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2014 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kittleson, Roger Alan. The country of football : soccer and the making of modern Brazil / Roger Kittleson. pages cm.—(Sport in world history; 2) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-27908-7 (hardback) — isbn 978-0-520-27909-4 (pbk) — isbn 978-0-520-95825-8 (ebook) 1. Soccer—Brazil—History. 2. Soccer players—Brazil—History. 3. Brazil—Social life and customs. I. Title. GV944.B7K57 2014 796.3340981—dc23 2013046594 Manufactured in the United States of America 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In keeping with a commitment to support environmentally