South America is a region that enjoys an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the world's greatest writers and most celebrated footballers. This is the first book to undertake a systematic study of the relationship between football and literature across South America. Beginning with the first football poem published in 1899, it surveys a range of texts that address key issues in the region's social and political history.
Drawing on a substantial corpus of short stories, novels and poems, each chapter considers the shifting relationship between football and literature in South America across more than a century of writing. The way in which authors combine football and literature to challenge the dominant narratives of their time suggests that this sport can be seen as a recurring theme through which matters of identity, nationhood, race, gender, violence, politics and aesthetics are played out.
This book is fascinating reading for any student, scholar or serious fan of football, as well as for all those interested in the relationship between sports history, literature and society.
| ISBN: | 9781138351011 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2018 |
| Author: | David Wood |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 226 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Sports History |
| Genres: |
Association football (Soccer) Cultural studies Ethnic studies History of the Americas Literary studies: general Regional / International studies |
South America is a region that enjoys an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the world's greatest writers and most celebrated footballers. This is the first book to undertake a systematic study of the relationship between football and literature across South America. Beginning with the first football poem published in 1899, it surveys a range of texts that address key issues in the region's social and political history.
Drawing on a substantial corpus of short stories, novels and poems, each chapter considers the shifting relationship between football and literature in South America across more than a century of writing. The way in which authors combine football and literature to challenge the dominant narratives of their time suggests that this sport can be seen as a recurring theme through which matters of identity, nationhood, race, gender, violence, politics and aesthetics are played out.
This book is fascinating reading for any student, scholar or serious fan of football, as well as for all those interested in the relationship between sports history, literature and society.
Football and Literature in South America features in the following genres: Association football (Soccer), Cultural studies, Ethnic studies, History of the Americas, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies
Football and Literature in South America is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Football and Literature in South America was written by David Wood and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Football and Literature in South America has 226 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Sports History series
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