Football and Literature in South America
Author:   David Wood (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138885608


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   26 January 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David Wood (University of Sheffield, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9781138885608


ISBN 10:   1138885606
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   26 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Football and Literature in South America: Issues and Origins 2. Taking the Field (First Half): Early Writings in Spanish 3. Taking the Field (Second Half): Early Writings in Brazil 4. Writing the National Game: Beauty in Brazil 5. Playing Dirty (First Half): Football, Politics and Writing in Chile 6.Playing Dirty (Second Half): Writing, Football and Dictatorship in the River Plate 7. Argentina Beyond El Proceso: Narratives of National Reconstruction 8. Narratives of Nation-building in Ecuador and Peru 9. Offside? Women Writers Creating Space 10. Conclusions: One Hundred Years of Golitude

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This book is a milestone to begin dusting off the pages of Latin American football literature. Alejandro Gonzalez Landeros, University of Central Arkansas


“This book is a milestone to begin dusting off the pages of Latin American football literature.”Alejandro González Landeros, University of Central Arkansas


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David Wood is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK, where his teaching and research centre on various aspects of literary and non-literary culture across Latin America. He has published widely in Europe and Latin America, and has previously written on the cultural history of football in Peru and on sport in Mexican and Cuban cinema

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