Sports and nationalism in Latin/o America
By: edited by Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste, Robert McKee Irwin and Juan Poblete
Series: New directions in Latino American cultures
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781137487186
Subjects: Sports; History; Nationalism and sports; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; SPORTS & RECREATION / General
Description: "This book presents a broad selection of research on connections between sports and nationalism in Latin American and the Latino USA. It brings a critical cultural studies approach to studies of both historical and contemporary contexts from throughout the Americas, with a focus on the region's emblematic sport of soccer, as well as baseball, boxing, paraolympic sports, surfing, tennis and basketball, among others"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.