Temples of the Earthbound Gods : : Stadiums in the Cultural Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires / / Christopher Thomas Gaffney.
In Rio de Janeiro, the spiritual home of world football, and Buenos Aires, where a popular soccer club president was recently elected mayor, the game is an integral part of national identity. Using the football stadium as an illuminating cultural lens, Temples of the Earthbound Gods examines many as...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One. The Stadium in Theory and Practice
- Chapter Two. Rio de Janeiro: Spiritual Home of World Football
- Chapter Three. Stadiums and Society in Twenty-first Century Rio de Janeiro
- Chapter Four. Buenos Aires: Estadiolandia
- Chapter Five. Class and Conflict in the Stadiums of Buenos Aires
- Chapter Six. Comparative Cultural Urbanism
- Appendix A. Stadiums in Rio de Janeiro, 2007
- Appendix B. Clubs and Stadiums in Buenos Aires, 2007
- Appendix C. Time Line, Brazil
- Appendix D. Time Line, Argentina
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index