Sports culture in Latin American history / edited by David M.K. Sheinin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sheinin, David, editor.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Latin America--History.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects--Latin America.

Sports--Social aspects.

History.

Latin America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 236 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2015]

Summary:

As this Edited volume shows, the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America. From the late nineteenth century to the present, the contributors examine the role of sport as a political vehicle, in claims to citizenship, as a source of community and ethnic pride, as a symbol of masculinity or feminism, as allegorical performance, and in many other purposes. The chapters jux tapose better known activities such as boxing and soccer with first peoples' athletics in Argentina, Cholita wrestling in Bolivia, the African-influenced martial art of capoeira, Japanese Brazilian gateball, the "Art Deco" body ideal for postrevolutionary Mexican women, among other topics. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Roberto Durán, Omar Torrijos, and the Rise of Isthmian Machismo / Michael Donoghue Donoghue, Michael 17

2 Fighting on the Edge: Cholitas Luchadoras in Bolivia's Cholo Revolution / Ken Lehman Lehman, Ken 39

3 Natural Athletes: Constructing Southern Indigenous Physicality in Late Nineteenth-Century Argentina / Carolyne Ryan Larson Larson, Carolyne Ryan 61

4 Japanese-Brazilian Croquet in Sao Paulo: Ethnic Identity, Contestation, and Integration / Joshua Hotaka Roth Roth, Joshua Hotaka 84

5 People of the book or people of the (foot)ball? On the pitch with fans of Atlanta in Buenos Aires / Raanan Rein Rein, Raanan 103

6 Building Bodies: Creating Urban Landscapes of Athletic Aesthetics in Postrevolutionary Mexico City / Ageeth Sluis Sluis, Ageeth 121

7 Boxing in the Making of a Colombian Costeno Identity / David M. K. Sheinin Sheinin, David M. K. 139

8 From "Moral Disease" to "National Sport": Race, Nation, and Capoeira in Brazil / Katya Wesolowski Wesolowski, Katya 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822963370

082296337X

OCLC:

898158867