Brazil's Dance with the devil
Subtitle: the World Cup, the Olympics, and the fight for democracy
By: by Dave Zirin
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781608463602
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Tournaments; World Cup (Soccer) (2014 : Brazil); Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Democracy; Social aspects; Political aspects; Soccer; Sports tournaments
Description: As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracanã Stadium to Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.