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Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean (2002)

Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean (2002)

Joseph L. Arbena, David G. LaFrance

Year: 2002
Authors: Joseph L. Arbena, David G. LaFrance
Publishers: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 288
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean is the most comprehensive overview to date of the development of modern sports in Latin America. This new book illustrates how and why sport has become a central part of the political, economic, and social life of the region and the repercussions of its role. This highly readable volume is composed of articles on a wide variety of sports-basketball, baseball, volleyball, cricket, soccer, and equestrian events-in countries and regions throughout Latin America. Broad in scope, this volume explores the definition of modern sport; whether sport is enslaving, liberating, or neutral; if sport reflects or challenges dominant culture; the attributes and drawbacks of professional versus amateur sport; and the difference between sport in capitalist and socialist nations.