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Title Sports and nationalism in Latin/o America / edited by Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste, Robert McKee Irwin and Juan Poblete.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  796.098 Sp57 2015    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description x, 307 pages ; 23 cm.
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Series New directions in Latino American cultures
New directions in Latino American cultures.
Summary "This book presents a broad selection of research on connections between sports and nationalism in Latin American and the Latino USA. It brings a critical cultural studies approach to studies of both historical and contemporary contexts from throughout the Americas, with a focus on the region's emblematic sport of soccer, as well as baseball, boxing, paralympic sports, surfing, tennis and basketball, among others"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Sports -- Latin America -- History.
Nationalism and sports -- Latin America -- History.
Sports -- Social aspects -- Latin America.
Nationalism and sports. (OCoLC)fst01033894
Sports. (OCoLC)fst01130432
Sports -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01130525
Latin America. (OCoLC)fst01245945
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Fernández l'Hoeste, Héctor D., 1962- editor.
Irwin, Robert McKee, 1962- editor.
Poblete, Juan, editor.
ISBN 9781137487186 (hardback)
1137487186 (hardback)
Standard No. 40025045181

 
    
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