The quality of home runs : the passion, politics, and language of Cuban baseball /
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| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the theoretical "stretching" of sport and the state
- Baseball and the language of contention
- Circling the base paths : baseball, migration, and the Cuban nation
- The spectacle of and for Cuba
- The state in play : the politics of Cuba's national sport
- Fans, rivalries, and the play of Cuba
- Talking a good game
- The qualities of Cubanidad : calidad and lucha in baseball
- Conclusion : touching 'em all : recalling and recounting home runs.