Latinos & Latinas in American sport : stories beyond peloteros /
An edited anthology describing Latino and Latina American participation in sports in the United States, with an emphasis on Texas and the American Southwest.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lubbock :
Texas Tech University Press,
[2020].
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| Series: | Sport in the American West.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Broadening the coverage of the history of Latino/a participation in American sport / Jorge Iber
- Everyday disturbances : Mexican "Indian marathoners," the Los Angeles Olympics, and the El Paso medical border, 1932 / John Mckiernan-González
- William Carson "Nemo" Herrera : constructing a Mexican American powerhouse while remaining colorblind / Ignacio M. García
- A pelotero from the chaparral : the baseball career of "Wallopin'" Wally Rodríguez / Arnoldo De León
- ¡Ponte el guante! Baseball on the US-Mexican border : the game and community building, 1920s-1970s / Alberto Rodriguez
- "A divided community united on the diamond" : the 1962 Hidalgo County Colt League Baseball World Series champions / Juan David Coronado
- Shaper of sports history : an interview with Latino football pioneer Hank Olguin / Frederick Luis Aldama
- Adios, amigos : bean bandits and other Mexican Americans in the golden age of drag racing / Andrew T. Harris
- Mexican American fastpitch / Ben Chappell
- Latinos in professional sports and the question of arrival / Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González
- Hills to climb : a historical analysis of Latina participation in Texas high school basketball / Gregory Selber
- El Tri versus the Stars and Stripes : on the history of the US-Mexico soccer rivalry / Luis Alvarez
- "Must I be a patriot to play ball?" Latinas/os, Muslims, and showing "respect" for America / Roberto Sirvent
- "Fútbol femenino" comes to the New South : Latina integration through soccer / Paul Cuadros
- Conclusion. "Are any of these guys/gals Latino/a?" : moving the sport history of Latinos/as into the mainstream of academics and popular literature / Jorge Iber.