Brazil's Dance with the Devil

The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy

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Dave Zirin: Brazil's Dance with the Devil (2014, Haymarket Books)

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2014 by Haymarket Books.

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978-1-306-78268-5
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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 Maracanã Stadium to Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.

6 editions

Subjects

  • Sports administration
  • Soccer
  • Democracy
  • Sports, social aspects
  • Brazil, politics and government