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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Iber, Jorge, 1961- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2020].
Series:Sport in the American West.
Subjects:
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.