Futebol Nation by David Goldblatt
Football is regarded as a thing of joy, its yellow shirts a delightful amalgam of sport and art, entwined with its cultures of music and religion. This title tells the history of Brazil through its sporting passion.
A gripping account of how football captured a nation * Telegraph *
A breezy, readable and nuanced primer to the centrality of football to Brazilian life -- Jonathan Wilson * New Statesman *
Compelling, lucidly written, and furnished with detail to spare * PA *
A breezy, readable and nuanced primer to the centrality of football to Brazilian life -- Jonathan Wilson * New Statesman *
Compelling, lucidly written, and furnished with detail to spare * PA *
Futebol Nation isn't really about sport - it's a pimples-and-all portrait of the world's sixth
largest country and the many ways it has succeeded in shooting itself in both feet
David Goldblatt was born in London in 1965 and is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspurs and Bristol Rovers. He teaches sociology at Bristol University, reviews sports books for the TLS, and for some years wrote the Sporting Life column in Prospect magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241969779 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241969778 |
| Title | Futebol Nation |
| Author | David Goldblatt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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