The Invention of the Beautiful Game [electronic resource] : Football and the Making of Modern Brazil /
Bocketti, Gregg,author.
"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.
Specialized.
Description based upon print version of record.
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
Description based on print version record.
Soccer
Soccer players
Soccer