The Black Man in Brazilian Soccer - Paperback
by Mario Filho
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mario Filho, Jack A. Draper (Translator)Series:Latin America in Translation/En Traducci?n/Em Tradu??oPublish date:2021-04-12Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469637006ISBN-10:1469637006UPC:9781469637006Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Soccer, Ethnic Studies, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin American StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SC1BG02X53
The Black Man in Brazilian Soccer
At turns lyrical, ironic, and sympathetic, Mario Filho's chronicle of "the beautiful game" is a classic of Brazilian sports writing. Filho (1908-1966)--a famous Brazilian journalist after whom Rio's Maracana stadium is officially named--tells the Brazilian soccer story as a boundary-busting one of race relations, popular culture, and national identity. Now in English for the first time, the book...
Series: Latin America in Translation/En Traducci?n/Em Tradu??o
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469637006ISBN-10:1469637006UPC:9781469637006Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Soccer, Ethnic Studies, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin American StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SC1BG02X53
Mario Filho was a prize-winning Brazilian journalist and sports writer. Jack A. Draper III, the translator, is associate professor of Portuguese at the University of Missouri.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
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