Sports culture in Latin American history

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"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 ...

"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 juxtapose 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, and the "art deco" body ideal for postrevolutionary Mexican women, among other topics." -- Back cover.

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