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Antonio Sotomayor, Cesar R. Torres - Olimpismo, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Olimpismo

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

Av Antonio Sotomayor, Cesar R. Torres

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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.
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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.

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This original and important collection of essays offers an additional lens to the analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean and sheds new light on the intersection of sports, politics, nation building, and identity formation."- Raanan Rein, Professor of Latin American and Spanish History, Tel Aviv University

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