Olimpismo : The Olympic Movement in the Making of Latin America and the Caribbean / Antonio Sotomayor and Cesar R. Torres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sotomayor, Antonio, author.

Torres, César R., author.

Contributor:

University of Arkansas Press.

Series:

Sport, Culture, and Society

Sports, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Caribbean Area--History.

Sports.

Sports--Latin America--History.

Nationalism and sports--Caribbean Area.

Nationalism and sports.

Nationalism and sports--Latin America.

Olympics--History.

Olympics.

Olympics--Social aspects--Caribbean Area.

Olympics--Social aspects--Latin America.

Olympics--Participation, Latin American.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book explores the variegated ways in which Latin American and Caribbean societies have been made through their participation in the Olympic Movement since its beginning late in the nineteenth century. The study of the Olympic Movement, in its different manifestations, not just following its European origins, but also considering the agency, struggles, and contributions of Latin American and Caribbean societies to this phenomenon offers a more balanced perspective of the Olympic Movement's history and this region's role in it, while at the same time illuminating the role that the Olympic Movement played in the making of this region. Thus, the book provides potent vistas of the varied ways in which the Olympic Movement has played a significant role in broader social, political, and cultural processes in these societies, and occasionally beyond them. Similarly, it allows to observe and evaluate Latin American and Caribbean influences on the Olympic Movement, as well as the actors and actresses, rationales, and forces at play"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sports policy, the YMCA, and the early history of Olympism in Uruguay / by Shunsuke Matsuo

Enthusiastic yet awkward dance partners : Olympism and Cuban nationalism / by Thomas F. Carter

Olympic diplomacy and national redemption in post-revolutionary Mexico / by Keith Brewster and Claire Brewster

The nationalist movement and the struggle for freedom in Puerto Rico's Olympic sport / by Antonio Sotomayor

Adhemar Fereira da Silva : representations of the Brazilian Olympic hero / by Fabio de Faria Peres and Victor Andrade de Melo

Solving "the problem of Argentine sport" : the post-Peronist Olympic movement in Argentina / by Cesar R. Torres

Un compromiso de tod@s : women, Olympism, and the Dominican third way / by April Yoder

Dis-assembling the logocentric subject at the Paralympic Games : the case of Colombian powerlifter Fabio Torres / by Chloe Rutter-Jensen

In search of the Olympic Games' future significances : contributions from Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro / by Lamartine Pereira DaCosta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781610756792

1610756797

OCLC:

1114285512