Olimpismo

The Olympic Movement in the Making of Latin America and the Caribbean

Antonio Sotomayor, Cesar R. Torres (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

2020
University of Arkansas Press (Verlag)
978-1-68226-110-1 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	31.12.2019
Reihe/Serie	Sport, Culture, and Society
Zusatzinfo	22 images
Verlagsort	Fayetteville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	415 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-68226-110-7 / 1682261107
ISBN-13	978-1-68226-110-1 / 9781682261101
Zustand	Neuware