Overview

The Olympic Games are a phenomenon of unparalleled global proportions. This book examines the rich and complex involvement of Latin America and the Caribbean peoples with the Olympic Movement, serving as an effective medium to explore the making of this region. The nine essays here investigate the influence, struggles, and contributions of Latin American and Caribbean societies to the Olympic Movement. By delving into nationalist political movements, post-revolutionary diplomacy, decolonization struggles, gender and disability discourses, and more, they define how the nations of this region have shaped and been shaped by the Olympic Movement.

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Author:   Antonio Sotomayor ,  Cesar R. Torres
Publisher:   University of Arkansas Press
Imprint:   University of Arkansas Press
Weight:   0.415kg
ISBN:  

9781682261101

ISBN 10:   1682261107
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   28 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Sport Policy, the YMCA, and the Early History of Olympism in Uruguay - Shunsuke Matsuo   Enthusiastic Yet Awkward Dance Partners: Olympism and Cuban Nationalism - Thomas F. Carter   Olympic Diplomacy and National Redemption in Post-revolutionary Mexico - Keith Brewster and Claire Brewster   The Nationalist Movement and the Struggle for Freedom in Puerto Rico’s Olympic Sport - Antonio Sotomayor   Adhemar Fereira da Silva: Representations of the Brazilian Olympic Hero - Fabio De Faria Peres and Victor Andrade de Melo   Solving “the Problem of Argentine Sport”: The Post-Peronist Olympic Movement in Argentina  -  Cesar R. Torres   Un compromiso de tod@s: Women, Olympism, and the Dominican Third Way - April Yoder   Dis-assembling the Logocentric Subject at the Paralympic Games: The Case of Colombian Powerlifter Fabio Torres - Chloe Rutter-Jensen   In Search of the Olympic Games’ Future Significances: Contributions from Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro - Lamartine Pereira Dacosta   Conclusion - Christopher Gaffney  

Reviews

This original and important collection of essays offers an additional lens to the analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean and sheds new light on the intersection of sports, politics, nation building, and identity formation. --Raanan Rein, Professor of Latin American and Spanish History, Tel Aviv University

This original and important collection of essays offers an additional lens to the analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean and sheds new light on the intersection of sports, politics, nation building, and identity formation. - Raanan Rein, Professor of Latin American and Spanish History, Tel Aviv University

This original and important collection of essays offers an additional lens to the analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean and sheds new light on the intersection of sports, politics, nation building, and identity formation.""- Raanan Rein, Professor of Latin American and Spanish History, Tel Aviv University

"This original and important collection of essays offers an additional lens to the analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean and sheds new light on the intersection of sports, politics, nation building, and identity formation.""- Raanan Rein, Professor of Latin American and Spanish History, Tel Aviv University"

Author Information

Antonio Sotomayor is Associate Professor and Librarian of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico, winner of the JosÉ Toribio Medina book award. Cesar R. Torres is Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies, and Physical Education at The College at Brockport, State University of New York. He is a former president of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, the founding president of the AsociaciÓn Latina de FilosofÍa del Deporte, and a fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology.

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