Following the Ball
Following the Ball, an investigation by American Todd Cleveland, a professor at the University of Arkansas, USA, meticulously analyses the experiences of African footballers from the Portuguese colonies in the metropole between the 1940s and 1975, at the end of the Estado Novo.
After ten years of consulting newspaper, magazine, and ministry archives, exploring routes, figures, and business deals, as well as countless curiosities, and drawing on fieldwork that included interviews with dozens of former players (including Eusébio) and former coaches, Cleveland presents a cool and comprehensive overview of the social and professional paths chosen by the athletes in a radically new environment, as well as the political strategies of the authorities to demonstrate a purported unity among the then-Portuguese territories.
ISBN: 9789898860149
Chancela: FPF Books
Edição: novembro de 2022
Tradução: Pedro Rodrigues
Dimensões: 170 mm x 240 mm x 14 mm
Encadernação: capa mole
Páginas: 272
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