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This insightful collection documents Latinos in baseball from an interdisciplinary perspective.
From the late, great Roberto Clemente, to Giants legend Juan Marichal to Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, the Alou brothers, and many, many more, Latinos continue to make their mark on baseball.
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This insightful collection documents Latinos in baseball from an interdisciplinary perspective.
From the late, great Roberto Clemente, to Giants legend Juan Marichal to Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, the Alou brothers, and many, many more, Latinos continue to make their mark on baseball. Beisbol takes an interdisciplinary look at this phenomenon, examining the impact of Latino players on the game and all that surrounds it, as well as baseball's impact on Latino players and fans.
Under the expert guidance of Ilan Stavans, the book collects essays and literary pieces that offer a wide-range of assessments, from the personal to the academic, exploring the sport from historical, sociological, athletic, religious, and gender-building perspectives. Combining scholarly and literary views, Beisbol promotes a comprehensive understanding of the game as both an athletic activity and an entertainment form among Latinos in the Spanish-speaking world and the United States.
An introduction by Ilan Stavans
Contributions from an outstanding gallery of writers
A chronology
A detailed bibliography for further research
From the late, great Roberto Clemente, to Giants legend Juan Marichal to Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, the Alou brothers, and many, many more, Latinos continue to make their mark on baseball. Beisbol takes an interdisciplinary look at this phenomenon, examining the impact of Latino players on the game and all that surrounds it, as well as baseball's impact on Latino players and fans.
Under the expert guidance of Ilan Stavans, the book collects essays and literary pieces that offer a wide-range of assessments, from the personal to the academic, exploring the sport from historical, sociological, athletic, religious, and gender-building perspectives. Combining scholarly and literary views, Beisbol promotes a comprehensive understanding of the game as both an athletic activity and an entertainment form among Latinos in the Spanish-speaking world and the United States.
An introduction by Ilan Stavans
Contributions from an outstanding gallery of writers
A chronology
A detailed bibliography for further research
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Greenwood Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 152
- ISBN
- 9780313375132
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Om forfatteren
No longer just America's national game, baseball has gone international, with the love of the game manifesting itself as far away as Japan. No group has had a bigger impact on the sport than Latinos, who play in their native countries and earn top salaries as stars of Major League Baseball.Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino culture at Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
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