Deportes : : The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora / / José M Alamillo.
Spanning the first half of the twentieth century, Deportes uncovers the hidden experiences of Mexican male and female athletes, teams and leagues and their supporters who fought for a more level playing field on both sides of the border. Despite a widespread belief that Mexicans shunned physical exe...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 p.) :; 20 b-w images |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. DEPORTES, AMERICANIZATION, AND MEXICAN SPORTING CULTURE
- 2. EL BOXEO, IMMIGRATION, AND THE "GREAT BROWN HOPE"
- 3. PLAYING BÉISBOL ACROSS BORDERS
- 4. FORGING TRANSNATIONAL SPORTING NETWORKS
- 5. BECOMING GOOD NEIGHBORS THROUGH WARTIME SPORTS
- 6. SPORTING A NEW IDENTITY IN POSTWAR AMERICA
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR