Brazil's dance with the devil : the World Cup, the Olympics, and the fight for democracy

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Label

Brazil's dance with the devil : the World Cup, the Olympics, and the fight for democracy

Title remainder

the World Cup, the Olympics, and the fight for democracy

Statement of responsibility

by Dave Zirin

Creator

• Zirin, Dave

Author

• Zirin, Dave

Subject

• Democracy
• Democracy -- Brazil
• Democracy -- Brazil
• History
• Olympic Games
• Olympic Games, 2016 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Political aspects
• Olympic Games, 2016 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social aspects
• Olympic Games, 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Political aspects
• Olympic Games, 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Social aspects
• SPORTS & RECREATION -- Soccer
• Soccer -- Brazil -- Tournaments | Political aspects
• Soccer -- Brazil -- Tournaments | Social aspects
• Soccer -- Tournaments | Political aspects -- Brazil
• Soccer -- Tournaments | Social aspects -- Brazil
• Social aspects
• 2000-2099
• Sports -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century
• Sports -- Brésil -- Histoire -- 21e siècle
• Sports tournaments -- Brazil -- Political aspects
• Sports tournaments -- Brazil -- Social aspects
• Sports tournaments -- Political aspects -- Brazil
• Sports tournaments -- Social aspects -- Brazil
• Tournois (Sports et jeux) -- Aspect politique -- Brésil
• Tournois (Sports et jeux) -- Aspect social -- Brésil
• World Cup (Soccer)
• World Cup (Soccer), 2014, Brazil -- Political aspects
• World Cup (Soccer), 2014, Brazil -- Political aspects
• World Cup (Soccer), 2014, Brazil -- Social aspects
• World Cup (Soccer), 2014, Brazil -- Social aspects
• Sports
• Brazil

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography