That Futebol Feeling - Sport and Play in Brazil's Heartland

"This book examines the relationship between futebol team Clube Atlâetico Mineiro and its supporters in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil. The author reflects on the similarities and differences between the meanings of play in South American and North American contexts. The book interviews stakeholders during times of national crisis"--

About the author

David Faflik is Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of Boarding Out: Inhabiting the American Urban Literary Imagination, 1840-1860; Melville and the Question of Meaning; Urban Formalism: The Work of City Reading; Transcendental Heresies: Harvard and the Modern American Practice of Unbelief; and The Literary Gift in Early America.

Product details

• Authors: David Faflik
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781439926055
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-2605-5
• No. of pages: 202
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Ball sport