Invention of the beautiful game, the: football and the making of modern brazil
Auteur :
Bocketti, Gregg
Éditeur :
University Press of Florida
ISBN :
9780813064277
Date de publication :
5 mars 2019
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,5 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
520 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this cross-cutting cultural history, Gregg Bocketti traces the origins of football 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).