| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Duke backfile |
| 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 |
| Summary |
Uses the sport of baseball, about which most Cubans are passionate, to look at what it means to be Cuban and at how Cuba deals with the outside world, as well as to compare various disciplinary approaches to the sport |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Cuba
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Baseball -- Social aspects -- Cuba
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Circus.
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba.
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Baseball
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Baseball -- Social aspects
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Cuba
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822381426 |
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0822381427 |
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1283062259 |
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9781283062251 |
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