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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-100714651265
ISBN-139780714651262
eBay Product ID (ePID)1859175
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameSport in Latin American Society : Past and Present
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSociology of Sports, General, History
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSports & Recreation
AuthorJ. A. Mangan
SeriesSport in the Global Society Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-004347
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPrologue: sport in Latin America from past to present - European interpreters versus Latin American historians, Lamartine P. DaCosta; sport in Latin America from past to present - a European perspective, Bob Chappell; the early evolution of modern sport in Latin America - a mainly English middle class influence? J.A. Mangan; the infancy of sport in Rio de Janeiro - an approach to an understanding of the evolution of sport in Latin America, Victor A. Melo; tribulations and achievements - the early diffusion of Olympism in Argentina, Vic Duke and E. Crolley; Brazilian soccer - racial exclusion, social identity and appropriation in the early twentieth century, Antonio J. Soares; the later evolution of modern sport in Latin America - the North American influence, J. Arbena; ritual, religion, release - soccer in the history of Brazil, Cesar Gordonl cubanidad and baseball - nationalism and masculinity in Cuba, Thomas Carter; sport's images of fatherland - is such identity building in decline in Latin America? Hugo Lovisolo; epilogue.
SynopsisThis work deals with the infancy, adolescence and maturity of sport in Latin American society. It explores ways in which sport illuminates cultural migration and emigration and indigenous assimilation and adaptation.
LC Classification NumberGV586.S66 2001
