Football and Literature in South America

David Wood is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK, where his teaching and research centre on various aspects of literary and non-literary culture across Latin America. He has published widely in Europe and Latin America, and has previously written on the cultural history of football in Peru and on sport in Mexican and Cuban cinema

• 1. Football and Literature in South America: Issues and Origins2. Taking the Field (First Half): Early Writings in Spanish3. Taking the Field (Second Half): Early Writings in Brazil4. Writing the National Game: Beauty in Brazil5. Playing Dirty (First Half): Football, Politics and Writing in Chile6.Playing Dirty (Second Half): Writing, Football and Dictatorship in the River Plate7. Argentina Beyond El Proceso: Narratives of National Reconstruction8. Narratives of Nation-building in Ecuador and Peru9. Offside? Women Writers Creating Space10. Conclusions: One Hundred Years of Golitude

“This book is a milestone to begin dusting off the pages of Latin American football literature.”Alejandro González Landeros, University of Central Arkansas