Deportes : The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora /

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"Spanning the first half of the twentieth century, Deportes uncovers the hidden experiences of Mexican male and female athletes, teams and leagues and their supporters who fought for a more level playing field on both sides of the border. Despite a widespread belief that Mexicans shunned physic...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Alamillo, Jose M., 1969- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sports.
Mexican American athletes.
Athletes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Sportifs americains d'origine mexicaine.
Sports > Mexique.
Athletes > Mexico.
Sports > Mexico.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Deportes, Americanization, and Mexican Sporting Culture
  • 2. El Boxeo, Immigration, and the "Great Brown Hope"
  • 3. Playing Beisbol across Borders
  • 4. Forging Transnational Sporting Networks
  • 5. Becoming Good Neighbors through Wartime Sports
  • 6. Sporting a New Identity in Postwar America
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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