Gaffney, Christopher Thomas.

Temples of the earthbound gods stadiums in the cultural landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires / [electronic resource] : Christopher Thomas Gaffney. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, c2008. - xxii, 259 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-248) and index.

The stadium in theory and practice -- Rio de Janeiro : spiritual home of world football -- Stadiums and society in twenty-first century Rio de Janeiro -- Buenos Aires : estadiolandia -- Class and conflict in the stadiums of Buenos Aires -- 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Stadiums--Social aspects--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
Stadiums--Social aspects--Argentina--Buenos Aires.


Electronic books.

GV415 / .G32 2008

725/.827098