Sport and society in Latin America : diffusion, dependency, and the rise of mass culture
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Sport and society in Latin America : diffusion, dependency, and the rise of mass culture
(Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 20)
Greenwood Press, 1988
- : alk. paper
Available at 34 libraries
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  Tokushima
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  Saga
  Nagasaki
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  Oita
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Note
Bibliography: p. [147]-154
Includes index
Contents of Works
- Sport and the study of Latin American society / Joseph L. Arbena
- Bicycles, modernization, and Mexico / William H. Beezley
- Forging the regional pastime : baseball and class in Yucatán / Gilbert M. Joseph
- The case of soccer in early twentieth-century Lima / Steve Stein
- Sport in a fractured society : Brazil under military rule / Janet Lever
- Sócrates, Corinthians, and questions of democracy and citizenship / Matthew Shirts
- Sport in revolutionary societies : Cuba and Nicaragua / Eric A. Wagner
- Sport as dramaturgy for society / Robert M. Levine
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A very exciting collection that explores sport in itself and also as a cultural phenomenon. In unexpected ways, bicycles are linked to modernization in Mexico, baseball takes on socialist overtones in the Yucatan, and the political outlook in Cuba and Nicaragua is explained in terms of their emphasis on sports. This reviewer especially liked Lever's article on Brazil, in which she demonstrates that sport helps complex modern societies cohere. Spanning a time period from the turn of the century to the present, the seven essays offer dramatic insights into Latin American societies; Robert Levine's conclusion presents comparisons with sports in the US. This new entry into the growing field of sport and social analysis is highly recommended for college and university libraries. Choice
A collection of eight original essays by distinguished scholars, this book examines the role of sports, particularly soccer and baseball, in Latin America from the late 19th century to the present. The first study of its kind, Sport and Society in Latin America vividly demonstrates the ways in which sport can be used to study various historical and social processes and expands our understanding of sport as a major form of social behavior in Latin America. The contributors analyze the relationship of sport to foreign penetration and cultural imitation, urbanization and the rise of mass society, social divisiveness and social integration, class conflict, politics, and nationalism and revolution.
Table of Contents
Sport and the Study of Latin American Society: An Overview by Joseph L. Arbena
Bicycles, Modernization, and Mexico by William H. Beezley
Forging the Regional Pastime: Baseball and Class in Yucatan by Gilbert M. Joseph
The Case of Soccer in Early Twentieth-Century Lima by Steve Stein
Sport in a Fractured Society: Brazil under Military Rule by Janet Lever
Socrates, Corinthians, and Questions of Democracy and Citizenship by Matthew Shirts
Sport in Revolutionary Societies: Cuba and Nicaragua by Eric A. Wagner
Sports as Dramaturgy for Society: A Concluding Chapter by Robert M. Levine
Bibliography
Index
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