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Perhaps no other activity is more synonymous with passion, identity, bodily ideals, and the power of place than sport. As the essays in this volume show, the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America. From the late nineteenth century to the prese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sheinin, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]
Colección:Pitt Latin American series
Temas:
Sports > Social aspects > Latin America.
Sports > Latin America > History.
Sports > Aspect social > Amérique latine.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
HISTORY > General.
Sports.
Sports > Social aspects.
Latin America.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION / LAURA PODALSKY
  • 1. ROBERTO DURÁN, OMAR TORRIJOS, AND THE RISE OF ISTHMIAN MACHISMO / MICHAEL DONOGHUE
  • 2. FIGHTING ON THE EDGE: CHOLITAS LUCHADORAS IN BOLIVIA'S CHOLO REVOLUTION / KEN LEHMAN
  • 3. NATURAL ATHLETES: CONSTRUCTING SOUTHERN INDIGENOUS PHYSICALITY IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ARGENTINA / CAROLYNE RYAN LARSON
  • 4. JAPANESE-BRAZILIAN CROQUET IN SÃO PAULO: ETHNIC IDENTITY, CONTESTATION, AND INTEGRATION / JOSHUA HOTAKA ROTH.
  • 5. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK OR PEOPLE OF THE (FOOT)BALL? ON THE PITCH WITH FANS OF ATLANTA IN BUENOS AIRES / RAANAN REIN
  • 6. BUILDING BODIES: CREATING URBAN LANDSCAPES OF ATHLETIC AESTHETICS IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY MEXICO CITY / AGEETH SLUIS
  • 7. BOXING IN THE MAKING OF A COLOMBIAN COSTEÑO IDENTITY / DAVID M.K. SHEININ
  • 8. FROM "MORAL DISEASE" TO "NATIONAL SPORT": RACE, NATION, AND CAPOEIRA IN BRAZIL / KATYA WESOLOWSKI
  • NOTES
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX.

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