1. Soccer in Brazil: an introduction 2. The fan as actor: the popularization of soccer and Brazil’s sports audience 3. Arthur Friedenreich (1892–1969): a Brazilian biography 4. The adoption of soccer in southern Brazil: the influences of international boundaries immigrants 5. Pelé, racial discourse and the 1958 World Cup 6. Brazilian soccer: symbolic dimensions of its practice 7. A brief history of soccer stadiums in Brazil 8. Beauty, effort and talent: a brief history of Brazilian women’s soccer in press discourse 9. Training soccer players in Brazil 10. Financial condition of Brazilian soccer clubs: an overview 11. Soccer and media in Brazil 12. The decline of the ‘Soccer-Nation’: journalism, soccer and national identity in the 2002 World Cup 13. On criollos and capoeiras: notes on soccer and national identity in Argentina and in Brazil 14. The peace game: Brazilian soccer as a political instrument, a film review 15. Research possibilities for the 2014 FIFAWorld Cup in Brazil
Biography
Martin Curi (Museu Nacional - UFRJ) has made his PhD in social anthropology at UFF – the Federal Fluminense University, in Niteroi. His main focus is on football fans, not only supporters at the local level, but he has also conducted extensive fieldwork at Euro 2004 in Portugal, the World Cup 2006 in Germany, and the Pan-American Games 2007 in Rio de Janeiro. In 2013 he published his book Brasilien – Land des Fußballs (Brazil – Land of Football) in Germany.
