Olimpismo

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

Antonio Sotomayor, Cesar R. Torres, Antonio Sotomayor, Cesar R. Torres

• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN:
  9781610756792
• Print ISBN:
  9781682261101
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History

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.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Series Editor’s Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Sport Policy, the YMCA, and the Early History of Olympism in Uruguay
• 2. Enthusiastic Yet Awkward Dance Partners: Olympism and Cuban Nationalism
• 3. Olympic Diplomacy and National Redemption in Post-revolutionary Mexico
• 4. The Nationalist Movement and the Struggle for Freedom in Puerto Rico’s Olympic Sport
• 5. Adhemar Fereira da Silva: Representations of the Brazilian Olympic Hero
• 6. Solving “the Problem of Argentine Sport”: The Post-Peronist Olympic Movement in Argentina
• 7. Un compromiso de tod@s: Women, Olympism, and the Dominican Third Way
• 8. Dis-assembling the Logocentric Subject at the Paralympic Games: The Case of Colombian Powerlifter Fabio Torres
• 9. In Search of the Olympic Games’ Future Significances: Contributions from Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro
• Conclusion
• Contributors
• Notes
• Index