Baseball as mediated Latinidad : race, masculinity, nationalism, and performances of identity /

Baseball as mediated Latinidad : race, masculinity, nationalism, and performances of identity /

"Builds on historical and critical race perspectives to analyze the recruitment and use of (im)migrant Latin/o American bodies in major league baseball, and locates baseball as a site of Latino masculinity and identity negotiation for understanding nationalist anxieties and tensions over race,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudolph, Jennifer Domino, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2020]
Series:Global Latin/o Americas.
Subjects:
Hispanic American baseball players > Social conditions.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States.
Masculinity in sports > Social aspects.
Nationalism and sports > United States.
Hispanic American baseball players > Race identity.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • "La crema de Sammy Sosa": MLB and transnational constructions of race, class, and gender
  • Who may sing the National Anthem?: MLB, the WBC, and representations of Latin/o American nationalisms
  • "Aquí (no) se habla español!": MLB, Media, and the racialization of Spanish language use
  • "You can't walk off the island": MLB's racialized labor structure and the pressure to produce from the academia to the major leagues
  • "The Blizzard of Oz," "A-Fraud," "Manny Being Manny," and "Deadbeat Dad": MLB and the limits of Latino character
  • Conclusion: "Yo quiero jugar como David Ortiz": final thoughts on race and the viability of MLB's Latin/o American dream in the US context.

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