Brazil's Dance With the Devil : : The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy
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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 MaracanĂ£ Stadium to Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.
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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2014].
Year Published: 2014
Description: xi, 246 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1608463605 (paperback) :
9781608463602 (paperback) :
SUBJECTS
World Cup (Soccer) -- (2014 : -- Brazil) -- Political aspects.
World Cup (Soccer) -- (2014 : -- Brazil) -- Social aspects.
Olympic Games -- 2016 : -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Political aspects.
Olympic Games -- 2016 : -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social aspects.
Soccer -- Political aspects -- Brazil.
Soccer -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Sports tournaments -- Political aspects -- Brazil.
Sports tournaments -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
Democracy -- Brazil.