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Title:

Latinos & Latinas in American sport : stories beyond peloteros / edited by Jorge Iber.

Publisher:

Texas Tech University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

272 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Southwestern States.
History.
Hispanic American athletes--Southwestern States--History.
Hispanic American athletes--Southwestern States--Social conditions.
Sports--Southwestern States--History.
Sports--Social aspects--Southwestern States.

Other Authors:

Iber, Jorge, 1961- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Broadening the coverage of the history of Latino/a participation in American sport / Jorge Iber -- Everyday disturbances : Mexican "Indian marathoners," the Los Angeles Olympics, and the El Paso medical border, 1932 / John Mckiernan-González -- William Carson "Nemo" Herrera : constructing a Mexican American powerhouse while remaining colorblind / Ignacio M. García -- A pelotero from the chaparral : the baseball career of "Wallopin'" Wally Rodríguez / Arnoldo De León -- ¡Ponte el guante! Baseball on the US-Mexican border : the game and community building, 1920s-1970s / Alberto Rodriguez -- "A divided community united on the diamond" : the 1962 Hidalgo County Colt League Baseball World Series champions / Juan David Coronado -- Shaper of sports history : an interview with Latino football pioneer Hank Olguin / Frederick Luis Aldama -- Adios, amigos : bean bandits and other Mexican Americans in the golden age of drag racing / Andrew T. Harris -- Mexican American fastpitch / Ben Chappell -- Latinos in professional sports and the question of arrival / Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González -- Hills to climb : a historical analysis of Latina participation in Texas high school basketball / Gregory Selber -- El Tri versus the Stars and Stripes : on the history of the US-Mexico soccer rivalry / Luis Alvarez -- "Must I be a patriot to play ball?" Latinas/os, Muslims, and showing "respect" for America / Roberto Sirvent -- "Fútbol femenino" comes to the New South : Latina integration through soccer / Paul Cuadros -- Conclusion. "Are any of these guys/gals Latino/a?" : moving the sport history of Latinos/as into the mainstream of academics and popular literature / Jorge Iber.

Summary:

"An edited anthology describing Latino and Latina American participation in sports in the United States, with an emphasis on Texas and the American Southwest"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Sport in the American West series

ISBN:

1682830403
9781682830406

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1090423101

LCCN:

2019032041

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)