Citizens and Sportsmen : : Fútbol and Politics in Twentieth-Century Chile / / Brenda Elsey.
Fútbol, or soccer as it is called in the United States, is the most popular sport in the world. Millions of people schedule their lives and build identities around it. The World Cup tournament, played every four years, draws an audience of more than a billion people and provides a global platform fo...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Rayando la Cancha—Marking the Field: Chilean Football, 1893–1919
- 2. The Massive, Modern, and Marginalized in Football of the 1920s
- 3. “The White Elephant”: The National Stadium, Populism, and the Popular Front, 1933–1942
- 4. The “Latin Lions” and the “Dogs of Constantinople”: Immigrant Clubs, Ethnicity, and Racial Hierarchies in Football, 1920–1953
- 5. “Because We Have Nothing . . .”: The Radicalization of Amateurs and the World Cup of 1962
- 6. The New Left, Popular Unity, and Football, 1963–1973
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index