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Tracing the history of the game in Brazil and Argentina through colonial influences as well as indigenous ball courts in Mayan, Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Olmec societies, Christopher Gaffney's study spans both ancient and contemporary worlds, linking the development of stadiums to urbanization and the consolidation of nation building in two of Latin America's most intriguing megacities.
Tracing the history of the game in Brazil and Argentina through colonial influences as well as indigenous ball courts in Mayan, Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Olmec societies, Christopher Gaffney's study spans both ancient and contemporary worlds, linking the development of stadiums to urbanization and the consolidation of nation building in two of Latin America's most intriguing megacities.
Christopher Thomas Gaffney is an independent scholar based in Durham, North Carolina. Also a journalist and local radio commentator, he has played soccer on four continents, winning the 1997 Taiwanese Footballer of the Year Award.
- 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, 2008
- Appendix B. Clubs and Stadiums in Buenos Aires, 2007
- Appendix C. Time Line, Brazil
- Appendix D. Time Line, Argentina
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Christopher Thomas Gaffney is an independent scholar based in Durham, North Carolina. Also a journalist and local radio commentator, he has played soccer on four continents, winning the 1997 Taiwanese Footballer of the Year Award.
- 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, 2008
- Appendix B. Clubs and Stadiums in Buenos Aires, 2007
- Appendix C. Time Line, Brazil
- Appendix D. Time Line, Argentina
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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