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…
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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 highlights national debates about the inclusion of African-descended people in the body politic and situates early black footballers as key creators of Brazilian culture.When first introduced to Brazil by British expatriots at the end of the nineteenth century, the game was reserved for elites, excluding poor, working-class, and black Brazilians. Filho, drawing on lively in-depth interviews with coaches, players, and fans, points to the 1920s and 1930s as watershed decades when the gates
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