Wood Football and Literature in South America

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-50374-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Sports History

This book is the first to undertake a systematic study of the relationship between football and literature across South America. In this region, these two fields enjoy an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the world’s greatest writers and most celebrated footballers. This book explores the convergence of South American football and literature since the first football poem was published in 1899, providing coverage that combines period and country with a series of themes. The contextual material in each chapter allows for a detailed analysis of a series of texts that address key issues in the region’s social and political history. As such, this book provides new understandings of football, literature, and the way in which polemic topics are discussed and negotiated in a South American context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wood, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Football and Writing in Latin America: Issues and Origins 2. Early writing. Taking the Field 3. The Beautiful and Beastly Game: Born in Brazil 4. Playing Dirty (First Half): Football, Politics and Writing in Chile 5. Playing Dirty (Second Half): Football, Writing and Dictatorship in the River Plate 6. Narratives of National Reconstruction: Post-Proceso River Plate 7. Narratives of Nation-building: Football in Peru and Ecuador 8. Offside? Women Writers Finding Space 9. Extra Time: Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

David Wood is Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Sheffield.