1. The early evolution of modern sport in Latin America: a mainly English middle-class inspiration.
- Author
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Mangan JA
- Subjects
- Argentina ethnology, Cultural Diversity, Football economics, Football education, Football history, Football physiology, Football psychology, Golf economics, Golf education, Golf history, Golf physiology, Golf psychology, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, Interpersonal Relations, Latin America ethnology, Leisure Activities economics, Leisure Activities psychology, Recreation economics, Recreation physiology, Recreation psychology, Soccer economics, Soccer education, Soccer history, Soccer physiology, Soccer psychology, Social Conditions economics, Social Conditions history, Social Conditions legislation & jurisprudence, Social Mobility economics, Social Mobility history, Tennis economics, Tennis education, Tennis history, Tennis physiology, Tennis psychology, Emigrants and Immigrants education, Emigrants and Immigrants history, Emigrants and Immigrants legislation & jurisprudence, Emigrants and Immigrants psychology, Social Class, Social Values ethnology, Sports education, Sports history, Sports physiology, Sports psychology
- Abstract
In any consideration of cultural diffusion, what matters is not only what happens to a cultural form when it arrives, but that it arrives. In the twentieth century, Latin America, like too many other areas of the world, has been a place of diplomatic turmoil, social inequality, political paranoia, capitalist exploitation and class conflict. However, despite all this, and through all this, it may be stated factually and without sentimentality, that it has also been a place where people have survived and thrived, worked, loved and played. Modern sport has brought to their play both unhappy moments of disillusion and disappointment and marvellous opportunities for illusion and pleasure. Modern sport, with its beauty spots and warts, is the reality and while there are things to criticize, there are also many things to applaud. Along with others, the English middle class played a not insignificant part in the arrival of modern sport in Latin America.
- Published
- 2001
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