Background
Lever, Janet Rae was born on December 5, 1946 in St. Louis. Daughter of Harry H. and Sophia (Goldberg) Lever.
(Includes 2009 Preface. Lever's interest in Brazilian socc...)
Includes 2009 Preface. Lever's interest in Brazilian soccer and her friendship with Pel led to this thoughtful, well-written account of Brazilians' madness for spectator sports. Drawing on interviews with soccer club directors, coaches, players, officials, sportswriters, fan club leaders, and 200 fans, Lever gives readers a fascinating study of people, culture, and politics. She reaches beyond soccer in Brazil to analyze both the appeal and the cultural achievement of spectator sports in all modern societies. Sports, she finds, provide an arena for dramatizing conflicting loyalties while emphasizing the shared interests that make us all alike.
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Lever, Janet Rae was born on December 5, 1946 in St. Louis. Daughter of Harry H. and Sophia (Goldberg) Lever.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Washington University, St. Louis, 1968. Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Yale University, 1974.
Instructor, Yale University, New Haven, 1974;
assistant professor sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1974-1982;
visiting assistant professor, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1983-1985;
visiting lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985-1987;
consultant, The Research and Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California, since 1987. Visiting lecturer University of Southern California, 1989. Associate professor California State University, Los Angeles, since 1990.
Senior analyst readers' sex survey Playboy Magazine, Chicago, 1981-1983. Consultant Playboy Cable Channel, Los Angeles, talk show host, 1983-1987. Numerous television appearances as expert on health aspects of sexuality.
Author and analyst readers' sex surveys The Advocate, Los Angeles, 1994, 95.
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Member American Sociological Association, Society Science Study of Sexuality, Phi Beta Kappa. F C.