ABSTRACT It was media, especially television, coverage of the FIFA World Cup from 1958 which first drew South American football into a more mainstream position in English popular culture. Argentina came to be demonised in England as defensive, brutal and unsporting whereas ‘tropical-modern’ Brazil was perceived as fair-minded, beautiful and instinctive. How can we account for the sharply differing perceptions and impact of Argentinian and Brazilian football in twentieth century England? What were the historical forces also at play, ranging from Britain’s legacy of ‘informal empire’ to deeply ingrained and racialised perceptions of Argentina as ‘European’ and Brazil as racially exotic.

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'美丽的游戏'？1958-1986 年 FIFA 世界杯和英国人对巴西和阿根廷的看法

摘要 1958 年世界杯足球赛的媒体，尤其是电视报道，首次将南美足球带入了英国流行文化的主流地位。阿根廷在英格兰被妖魔化为防守、野蛮和缺乏体育精神，而“热带现代”巴西则被认为是公正、美丽和本能的。我们如何解释阿根廷和巴西足球在 20 世纪英格兰的截然不同的看法和影响？哪些历史力量也在发挥作用，从英国的“非正式帝国”遗产到根深蒂固的种族化观念，将阿根廷视为“欧洲人”，将巴西视为异国情调的种族。