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Sport and Society in Latin America - Diffusion, Dependency, and the Rise of Mass Culture (Hardcover)
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Sport and Society in Latin America - Diffusion, Dependency, and the Rise of Mass Culture (Hardcover)
Series: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
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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.
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Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture |
Release date: |
July 1988 |
First published: |
July 1988 |
Authors: |
Joseph L. Arbena
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-313-24774-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-313-24774-9 |
Barcode: |
9780313247743 |
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