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Sports and Nationalism in Latin / o America (New Directions in Latino American Culture)
Héctor Fernández Lhoeste
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Description for Sports and Nationalism in Latin / o America (New Directions in Latino American Culture)
Hardcover. This collection interrogates sports in Latin America as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices (state policy, media representations, and sports play itself by professionals, national teams and amateurs) of inclusion and exclusion. Editor(s): Fernandez l'Hoeste, Hector D.; Irwin, Robert McKee; Poblete, Juan. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JHBS; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
This collection interrogates sports in Latin America as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices (state policy, media representations, and sports play itself by professionals, national teams and amateurs) of inclusion and exclusion.
This collection interrogates sports in Latin America as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices (state policy, media representations, and sports play itself by professionals, national teams and amateurs) of inclusion and exclusion.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Latino American Cultures
Number of Pages
307
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137487186
SKU
V9781137487186
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About Héctor Fernández Lhoeste
Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste is Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at Georgia State University, USA. Robert McKee Irwin is Chair of the Graduate Group in Cultural Studies and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis, USA. Juan Poblete is Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
Reviews for Sports and Nationalism in Latin / o America (New Directions in Latino American Culture)
“This offering in the ‘New Directions in Latino American Cultures’ series opens with an extensive introduction that includes information about the first appearances in Latin America of soccer (from England) and baseball (from the US), a history and survey of cultural sport studies and their development in Latin America, and generalizations about sports and nationalism. … The book is well ... Read more