This love is not for cowards : salvation and soccer in Ciudad Juárez / Robert Andrew Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Robert Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Soccer.

Soccer teams--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Soccer teams.

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)--Social life and customs.

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico).

Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Physical Description:

261 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.

Summary:

Traces a season in the Mexican border city where in spite of brutal violence its citizens are held together by a shared love for its soccer team, and addresses local drug and human trafficking issues and the city's high murder rate.

Contents:

1 Opportunity 9

2 Monterrey 25

3 More Than a Club 36

4 The Game 51

5 EK 64

6 Faith 71

7 Fear 85

8 The Devil 99

9 Fussion 108

10 Immigration 120

11 Paco 128

12 The Lottery 138

13 Amor 147

14 Lost 157

15 Exodus 165

16 The Dead Women 177

17 Good Sports 194

18 Chivas 204

19 Everything Must Go 213

20 Wedding 224

21 Politics (or, About Those Money-Laundering Allegations) 232

22 The Last Straw 241

23 Exodus: Part 2 252.

ISBN:

9781608197163

1608197166

OCLC:

738346759