Brazil’s dance with the devil the World Cup the Olympics and the fight for democracy 2nd Edition by Dave Zirin 1608465896 9781608465897

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ISBN 10: 1608465896 

ISBN 13: 9781608465897

Author: Dave Zirin

One of the Boston Globe’s Best Sports Books of the Year: “Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny” (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinderella Man).   The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the World Cup—the world’s most-viewed athletic tournament—in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. But as the events were approaching, ordinary Brazilians were 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 the halls of power in Washington, DC, Zirin examines Brazilians’ objections to the corruption of the games they love; the toll such events take on impoverished citizens; and how taking to the streets opened up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports. “Millions will enjoy the World Cup and Olympics, but Zirin justly reminds readers of the real human costs beyond the spectacle.” —Kirkus Reviews

Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Brazil: “A Country for Everyone”

Chapter 2 “There Is No Sin Below the Equator”

Chapter 3 Oh, Lula!

Chapter 4 Futebol: The Journey from Daring to Fear

Chapter 5 Killing Santa

Chapter 6 Neoliberal Trojan Horses and Sporting Shock Doctrines

Chapter 7 Target Favelas

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