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9780822342533

The Quality of Home Runs

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822342533

  • ISBN10:

    0822342537

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-10-01
  • Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

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""The Quality of Home Runs" offers engaging and provocative perspectives on socialism, nationalism, masculinity, and the embodiment and poetics of sport in Cuba, all seen from the vantage point of the stadium stands and the streets of Havana. Thomas F. Carter's emphasis on themes such as spectacle, social drama, struggle, and discipline of both players and fans, on and off the field, builds a persuasive analysis of changing notions of what it means to be Cuban."--Thomas M. Wilson, Binghamton University

Author Biography

Thomas F. Carter is a senior lecturer at the Chelsea School at the University of Brighton, Eastbourne.

Table of Contents

Preface: Entering the Field
The Theoretical "Stretching" of Sport and the Statep. 1
Baseball and the Language of Contentionp. 17
Circling the Base Paths: Baseball, Migration, and the Cuban Nationp. 36
The Spectacle of and for Cubap. 63
The State in Play: The Politics of Cuba's National Sportp. 89
Fans, Rivalries, and the Play of Cubap. 111
Talking a Good Gamep. 136
The Qualities of Cubanidad: Calidadand Lucha in Baseballp. 159
Conclusion: Touching 'Em All: Recalling and Recounting Home Runsp. 183
Notesp. 203
Works Citedp. 213
Indexp. 231
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