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The invention of the beautiful game : football and the making of modern Brazil Cover Image

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The invention of the beautiful game : football and the making of modern Brazil

Summary: "In this cross-cutting cultural history, Gregg Bocketti traces the origins of soccer in Brazil from its elitist, Eurocentric identity as 'foot-ball' at the end of the nineteenth century to its subsequent mythologization as the specifically Brazilian 'futebol, ' o jogo bonito (the beautiful game), in the twentieth century and beyond"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0813055792
ISBN: 9780813055794
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Playing for the nation : the ideology of Brazilian sports -- Building and rebuilding the society of football -- Students and masters : national identity and international football -- Respectability, emotion, and gender in Brazilian spectatorship -- The invention of the beautiful game -- Epilogue: The life of the beautiful game.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.