Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy

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Haymarket Books, 2014 - 246 páginas
One of the Boston Globe's "Best Sports Books of 2014"

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, Zirin examines how athletic mega-events turn into neoliberal Trojan horses.

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Sobre o autor (2014)

DAVE ZIRIN is the sports editor for the Nation and the author of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down. Named one of UTNE Reader's "Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World," Zirin is a frequent guest on MSNBC, ESPN, and Democracy Now! He also hosts the weekly Sirius XM show Edge of Sports Radio and has been called "the best sportswriter in the United States," by Robert Lipsyte.

Informações bibliográficas

TítuloBrazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy
AutorDave Zirin
Ediçãoilustrada
EditoraHaymarket Books, 2014
ISBN1608463605, 9781608463602
Num. págs.246 páginas
  
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