Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download The Sovereign Colony PDF full book. Access full book title The Sovereign Colony by Antonio Sotomayor. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Antonio Sotomayor Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803285388 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 350
Book Description
Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured powerful ideas of nationalism. By examining how the Olympic movement developed in Puerto Rico, Antonio Sotomayor illuminates the profound role sports play in the political and cultural processes of an identity that evolved within a political tradition of autonomy rather than traditional political independence. Significantly, it was precisely in the Olympic arena that Puerto Ricans found ways to participate and show their national pride, often by using familiar colonial strictures--and the United States' claim to democratic values--to their advantage. Drawing on extensive archival research, both on the island and in the United States, Sotomayor uncovers a story of a people struggling to escape the colonial periphery through sport and nationhood yet balancing the benefits and restraints of that same colonial status. The Sovereign Colony describes the surprising negotiations that gave rise to Olympic sovereignty in a colonial nation, a unique case in Latin America, and uses Olympic sports as a window to view the broader issues of nation building and identity, hegemony, postcolonialism, international diplomacy, and Latin American-U.S. relations.
Author: Antonio Sotomayor Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803285388 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 350
Book Description
Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured powerful ideas of nationalism. By examining how the Olympic movement developed in Puerto Rico, Antonio Sotomayor illuminates the profound role sports play in the political and cultural processes of an identity that evolved within a political tradition of autonomy rather than traditional political independence. Significantly, it was precisely in the Olympic arena that Puerto Ricans found ways to participate and show their national pride, often by using familiar colonial strictures--and the United States' claim to democratic values--to their advantage. Drawing on extensive archival research, both on the island and in the United States, Sotomayor uncovers a story of a people struggling to escape the colonial periphery through sport and nationhood yet balancing the benefits and restraints of that same colonial status. The Sovereign Colony describes the surprising negotiations that gave rise to Olympic sovereignty in a colonial nation, a unique case in Latin America, and uses Olympic sports as a window to view the broader issues of nation building and identity, hegemony, postcolonialism, international diplomacy, and Latin American-U.S. relations.
Author: Antonio Sotomayor Publisher: University of Arkansas Press ISBN: 1682261107 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
The Olympic Games are a phenomenon of unparalleled global proportions. This book examines the rich and complex involvement of Latin America and the Caribbean peoples with the Olympic Movement, serving as an effective medium to explore the making of this region. The nine essays here investigate the influence, struggles, and contributions of Latin American and Caribbean societies to the Olympic Movement. By delving into nationalist political movements, post-revolutionary diplomacy, decolonization struggles, gender and disability discourses, and more, they define how the nations of this region have shaped and been shaped by the Olympic Movement.
Author: Adalberto Afonso Fern Ndez Publisher: Palibrio ISBN: 1463306911 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 614
Book Description
CAMAGÜEYANOS ILUSTRES: Tula en dos tiempos; Flora Díaz Parrado; Abelardo Chapellí Marín; Mariano Aramburu y Machado; Luis Pichardo Loret de Mola; El Padre Gonfaus; La bala de ébano. UN BURGUES EXTRAORDINARIO: EMILIO BACARDÍ MOREAU. ENRIQUE VILLUENDAS Y DE LA TORRE. TRES FIGURA CUBANO-ESPAÑOLAS DE RELIEVE: Manuel Mur Oti; Ramón Rodríguez Correa; Teodoro Guerrero y Pallarés. Talentos cubanos y cubano-españoles; toda la información obtenida en Santiago de Cuba, entre los años 1964 y 1968 sobre el ilustre creador del ron Bacardí; la reproducción literal del Diario de Campaña de 1896 de Enrique Villuendas... y mucho más...
Author: Heather L. Dichter Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813145651 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 497
Book Description
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest civil rights organization, having dedicated itself to the fight for racial equality since 1909. While the group helped achieve substantial victories in the courtroom, the struggle for civil rights extended beyond gaining political support. It also required changing social attitudes. The NAACP thus worked to alter existing prejudices through the production of art that countered racist depictions of African Americans, focusing its efforts not only on changing the attitudes of the white middle class but also on encouraging racial pride and a sense of identity in the black community. Art for Equality explores an important and little-studied side of the NAACP's activism in the cultural realm. In openly supporting African American artists, writers, and musicians in their creative endeavors, the organization aimed to change the way the public viewed the black community. By overcoming stereotypes and the belief of the majority that African Americans were physically, intellectually, and morally inferior to whites, the NAACP believed it could begin to defeat racism. Illuminating important protests, from the fight against the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation to the production of anti-lynching art during the Harlem Renaissance, this insightful volume examines the successes and failures of the NAACP's cultural campaign from 1910 to the 1960s. Exploring the roles of gender and class in shaping the association's patronage of the arts, Art for Equality offers an in-depth analysis of the social and cultural climate during a time of radical change in America.
Author: Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 20
Author: D. Brent Edwards Jr. Publisher: Policy Press ISBN: 152923171X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 380
Book Description
Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC). The book covers all Spanish-speaking countries of the CALC region and examines the effects of macro-economic pressures, geopolitical intervention, neo-colonial relationships, global pandemics, transnational gang networks, and the influence of international organizations. Chapters analyse the challenges and opportunities these global forces present to education systems in the region as well as highlighting the local efforts to address, mitigate, and counteract them. In doing so, the book illuminates how education can contribute to either maintaining or challenging inequalities and exclusion in the face of pressures from the global to local levels.
Author: April Yoder Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 1477326782 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
How Dominicans contribute to Major League Baseball and what they receive in return. From Juan Marichal and Pedro Martínez to Albert Pujols and Juan Soto, Dominicans have long been among Major League Baseball’s best. How did this small Caribbean nation become a hothouse of baseball talent? To many fans, the answer is both obvious and disconcerting: pro teams use their riches to develop talent abroad, creating opportunities for superhuman athletes and corrupt officials, while the rest of the population sees little benefit. Yet this interpretation of history is incomplete. April Yoder traces how baseball has empowered Dominicans in their struggles for democracy and social justice. While the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo saw the sport as a means of cementing its power at home and abroad, the Dominican people fashioned an emancipated civic sphere by seeing their potential for democratic success in their compatriots’ baseball success. Later, Dominicans articulated demands for democracy, economic opportunity, and civil rights through successful calls for public support of amateur and professional baseball. Today, Dominicans continue to demand that incentives for the baseball industry foster human as well as economic development. A revelatory and innovative history, Pitching Democracy restores agency to the Dominican people and honors their true love of the game.
Author: Antonio Sotomayor
Author: Antonio Sotomayor
Author: Antonio Sotomayor
Author: Adalberto Afonso Fern Ndez
Author: Heather L. Dichter
Author: 
Author: 
Author: D. Brent Edwards Jr.
Author: 
Author: April Yoder
Author: