Abstract
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. Pele, 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
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