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Lazzara and Vicky Unruh New Argentine Film: Other Worlds by Gonzalo Aguilar; translated by Sarah Ann Wells TTTTTThhhhhhiiiiiissssss ppppppaaaaaaggggggeeeeee iiiiiinnnnnntttttteeeeeennnnnnttttttiiiiiioooooonnnnnnaaaaaallllllllllllyyyyyy lllllleeeeeefffffftttttt bbbbbbllllllaaaaaannnnnnkkkkkk Sports and Nationalism in Latin/o America Edited by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste, Robert McKee Irwin, and Juan Poblete SPORTS AND NATIONALISM IN LATIN/O AMERICA Copyright © Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste, Robert McKee Irwin, and Juan Poblete, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-48718-6 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-50394-0 ISBN 978-1-137-51800-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137518002 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sports and nationalism in Latin/o America / edited by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste, Robert McKee Irwin, Juan Poblete. pages cm.—(New directions in Latino American culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sports—Latin America—History. 2. Nationalism and sports— Latin America—History. 3. Sports—Social aspects—Latin America. I. Fernández l’Hoeste, Héctor D., 1962– II. Irwin, Robert McKee, 1962– III. Poblete, Juan. GV586.S57 2015 796.098—dc23 2014043779 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: May 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to: the loving memory of Héctor’s father, Héctor Fernández Angulo, who shared his love for the Yankees Robert’s late parents, Kathryn and Robert Irwin and Juan’s father, Juan Poblete Merino, who never practiced sports, but embodies the best of their spirit TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Contents List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste, Robert McKee Irwin, and Juan Poblete Part I Sports and the Construction of Nationalism 1 Football and Patria, Ten Years Later: Sports Nationalism as a Commodity 29 Pablo Alabarces 2 The Antinational Game? An Exploration of Women’s Soccer in Latin America 45 Joshua Nadel 3 (F)Utopias: The Nationalist Uses of Soccer in Costa Rica 67 Sergio Villena Fiengo 4 Race, Sports, and Regionalism in the Construction of Colombian Nationalism 85 Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste Part II Sports as Intranational Mediation 5 The Players of the Brazilian Football Team as a Model of Culture: Life Stories Mediated by Television News 109 Vander Casaqui 6 Nationalism and Public Policies of Sports in Brazil 125 Renata Maria Toledo and Maria Tarcisa Silva Bega 7 The Nation in the Strike Zone and Reality at Bat: Bodies, Voices, and Spaces of Cuban Baseball in Sport Documentaries 141 Juan Carlos Rodríguez
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