Sports and Nationalism in Latin / O America

This collection interrogates sports in Latin America as a key terrain in which nation is defined and populations are interpellated through emotionally charged practices (state policy, media representations, and sports play itself by professionals, national teams and amateurs) of inclusion and exclusion.

Author: H. Fernández L'Hoeste
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/06/2015
Pages: 307
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781137487186

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2016

About the Author
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste is Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at Georgia State University, USA.
Robert McKee Irwin is Chair of the Graduate Group in Cultural Studies and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis, USA.
Juan Poblete is Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.