Mexican American fastpitch : identity at play in vernacular sport /

"In Mexican American communities in the central United States, the modern tradition of playing fastpitch softball has been passed from generation to generation. This ethnic sporting practice is kept alive through annual tournaments, the longest-running of which were founded in the 1940s, when s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chappell, Ben, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Mexican Americans > Sports.
Softball > Social aspects > United States.
Mexican Americans > Social life and customs.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Sports > Anthropological aspects > United States.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Sports.
Softball > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Mœurs et coutumes.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique.
Sports > Aspect anthropologique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity
Mexican Americans > Social life and customs
Sports > Anthropological aspects
United States
American Studies.
Anthropology.
Cultural Citizenship.
Cultural Poetics.
Ethnography.
Kansas.
Mexican Americans.
Sport.
Texas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mexican questions
  • Hecho in America con Mexican parts
  • Home teams : making place for Mexican tournaments
  • Ballplayers in barrio life
  • Men and women in gendered fastpitch
  • Between the lines : softball as utopian form
  • Conclusion : patriotic, but we love our culture, too
  • Epilogue : called for time

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