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Soccer in Brazil (Paperback)
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Soccer in Brazil (Paperback)
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Contemporary Perspectives
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No other national stereotype in the world is so closely tied with a
sport, as Brazil is with football. The five-time world champions
have constructed their national identity around this sport. Perhaps
for this reason it's no wonder that there are many Brazilian social
scientists doing research on this theme. The first part of this
volume is dedicated to the history of Brazilian football. The main
question is how did football become so popular in the country? It
also looks at other interesting historical developments in
Brazilian football history up to this day. The second part
considers current phenomena, especially the place of Brazilian
football in a globalized world: What are the consequences of an
extremely commercialized and mediatized sport on a developing
country? How does Brazil figure as the main supplying country of
football talents? How does the population feel about seeing their
players in Europe instead of their own country? Finally, the book
will conclude with a critique of a documentary film about a
Brazilian national team game in Haiti which was part of the
Brazilian army's blue helmet mission. The game was used as a
political instrument, revealing the importance of this sport in
attaining a political position for Brazil in the world. This book
was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society.
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